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against the drab winter grass. I hadn’t seen anything like it before, and had
no idea what its name might be. No doubt its existence was recorded in
some botanical tome. But for me it was a new discovery.

‘’Shall I pick it for you?’’ asked Usha.

‘’No, don’t,’’ I said. ‘’It may be the only one. If we break it, there may not

be any more. Let’s leave it there and see if it seeds.’’

We scrambled up the slope and examined the flower more closely. It
was very delicate and soft-petalled, looking as though it might fall at any
moment.

‘’It will be finished if it rains,’’ said Usha.

And it did rain that night - rain mingled with sleet and hail. It rattled and
swished on the corrugated tin roof; but in the morning the sun came out.
I walked up the road without really expecting to see the flower again. And

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