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'I don't like England,' said little Olive mournfully; and when she was comfortably tucked up in bed that night, she said sleepily, 'If I had a nice garden of flowers, I wouldn't leave them all out in the cold and dark to die, and I'll never live in England when I grow up, for winter is a dreadful thing!' I DON'T LIKE ENGLAND SAID LITTLE OLIVE MOURNFULLY AND WHEN SHE WAS COMFORTABLY TUCKED UP IN BED THAT NIGHT SHE SAID SLEEPILY IF I HAD A NICE GARDEN OF FLOWERS I WOULDN'T LEAVE THEM ALL OUT IN THE COLD AND DARK TO DIE AND I'D NEVER LIVE IN ENGLAND WHEN I GROW UP FOR WINTER IS A DREADFUL THING
'Nurse, I hope Jack Frost won't come to us when we're in bed; James seemed to think we should feel him.' 'No, no, Miss Olive; I'll tuck you up too warm for that. There will be no Jack Frost in our nursery, I can tell you. I keep too big a fire.' But the little girl was anxious and ill at ease, till at last she unburdened her mind to Miss Sibyl, when she went to wish her 'good-night' in the drawing-room. 'Why, Olive dear, Jack Frost isn't a man; that is only a joke. When it is very cold the air freezes, and the pretty dew-drops on the grass and flowers all turn to ice. Have you never seen a frost?' 'No, never.' 'Frosts kill all the flowers--that is why James does not like it coming; but it is the flowers out of doors that feel it most.' 'But,' said Roland, edging up to his aunt, 'there are no flowers to kill; there are only bare, dried-up trees and dark bushes. Mr. Bob told us they had all gone to sleep under the ground.' 'So they have, but it is frost and cold that has killed them off. HOUSE OLIVE INQUIRED AGAIN RATHER ANXIOUSLY NURSE I HOPE JACK FROST WON'T COME TO US WHEN WE ARE IN BED JAMES SEEMED TO THINK WE SHOULD FEEL HIM NO NO MISS OLIVE I'LL TUCK YOU UP TOO WARM FOR THAT THERE WILL BE NO JACK FROST IN OUR NURSERY I CAN TELL YOU I KEEP TOO BIG A FIRE BUT THE LITTLE GIRL WAS TOO ANXIOUS AND ILL AT EASE TILL AT LAST SHE UNBURDENED HER MIND TO MISS SYBIL WHEN SHE WENT TO WISH HER GOOD NIGHT IN THE DRAWING ROOM WHY OLIVE DEAR JOCK FROST ISN'T A MAN THAT IS ONLY A JOKE WHEN IT IS VERY COLD THE AIR FREEZES AND THE PRETTY DEWDROPS ON THE GRASS AND FLOWERS ALL TURN TO ICE HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN A FROST NO NEVER FROSTS KILL ALL THE FLOWERS THAT IS WHY JAMES DOES NOT LIKE IT COMING BUT IT IS THE FLOWERS OUT OF DOORS THAT FEEL AT MOST BUT SAID ROLAND EDGING UP TO HIS AUNT THERE ARE NO FLOWERS TO KILL THERE ARE ONLY BARE DRIED UP TREES AND DARK BUSHES MISTER BOB TOLD US THEY HAD ALL GONE TO SLEEP UNDER THE GROUND SO THEY HAVE BUT IT IS FROST AND COLD THAT HAS KILLED THEM OFF
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