The Seed Babies' Blanket
"D
EAR me," said Mother Nature, as she tucked the last
of her seed-babies in bed, and spread over them a
blanket of leaves, "King Winter will soon be here, and
I am afraid this covering is not enough to keep my
babies from his icy grasp. I must get them another
blanket. What shall it be? Let me see. It should be
something soft and light. And for babies, of course,
it should be white."
So she went to Mr. North Wind, and said: "Oh,
Mr. North Wind, please bring to me
A blanket pure and white,
Soft as down, and sparkling bright,
To wrap my little seed-babies."
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But Mr. North Wind said: "I cannot unless Jack Frost
will give me some of his silvery powder."
So Mother Nature called to Jack Frost: "Oh, Jack
Frost, please give Mr. North Wind some of your silvery
powder, that he may make for me
A blanket pure and white,
Soft as down, and sparkling bright,
To wrap my little seed-babies."
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But Jack Frost said: "You must ask the clouds to give
me some vapor, then."
So Mother Nature called to the clouds, and said: "Oh,
kind Clouds, please give Jack Frost some of your vapor,
that he may change it into silvery powder, and give it
to Mr. North Wind, that he may make for me
A blanket pure and white,
Soft as down, and sparkling bright,
To wrap my little seed-babies."
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But the Clouds said: "We must wait until Old Ocean
sends us more vapor." So Mother Nature said to the
Ocean: "Please, Old Ocean, send more vapor to the
little Clouds, that they may give some to Jack Frost,
that he may change it into silvery powder and give it
to Mr. North Wind, that he may make for me
A blanket pure and white,
Soft as down, and sparkling bright,
To wrap my little seed-babies."
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But the Ocean said: "The Sun must send us some heat
fairies, first." So Mother Nature said to the Sun:
"Dear old Father Sun, please send some of your heat
fairies to Old Ocean, that he may send vapor to the
Clouds, that they may give some to Jack Frost, that he
may change it into silvery powder and give it to Mr.
North Wind, that he may make for me
A blanket pure and white,
Soft as down, and sparkling bright,
To wrap my little seed-babies."
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And the Sun said: "Gladly!" and sent forth a host of
little heat fairies that called the vapor from the
Ocean to the Clouds, and the Clouds gave some to Jack
Frost, and Jack Frost changed it into silvery powder,
and gave it to Mr. North Wind, and Mr. North Wind made
for Mother Nature
A blanket pure and white,
Soft as down, and sparkling bright,
To wrap my little seed-babies."
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