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Page 24 - THE HEAVEN OF FLOWERS." THE RAINBOW. In the summer time, after a rainstorm, Mokwa and Ewa would sometimes see the rainbow in the sky. They loved to see its bright colors against the dark clouds. They would say, "Tell us the story of the rainbow." Then their mother would say, "That is the heaven of flowers, my children. All the wild flowers of the forest, all the lilies of the prairies, when on earth they fade and perish, blossom in that heaven above us.
Page 92 - STORY OF A TEAKETTLE. Once upon a time, it is said, there lived in Japan a good old man. He lived all alone in a house that had but one room. He made his own tea and cooked his own rice. In the middle of the floor was the fireplace. From the ceiling hung a chain to hold the teakettle. One night the old man filled the kettle and waited for the water to boil. He went to get the tea-caddy. When