A Flower Bedtime Story

Once upon a time

There were three little flowers.
A red rose,
A bluebell,
And a yellow marigold.
The red rose loved the bluebell.
They paid all sorts of attention to each other.
Yet this made the marigold feel left out.
Because the other two flowers ignored it.
Then came along a bee.
The bee couldn't get close to the rose or the bluebell
Because they were face-to-face with each other.
So the bee made friends only with the marigold.
The marigold was happy to have a bee for a friend.
In time, the marigold made more of its own kind.
Suddenly there were many, many little marigolds
To keep it company.
Yet the rose and the bluebell,
Because they ignored the bee
Had to wait a season
Before the bee came back
And became their friend too!