Please Don't Pick the Flowers I Am Watching You

Book excerpt: THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL STORY. IT IS VERY DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE IT IS A TRUE STORY. NENA LIVES IN CALGARY. SHE IS MAKING FRIENDS FROM JUST PEOPLE PASSING AND CONVERSING ABOUT HER GARDEN, MAINLY THE PEONY. MOST OFTEN PEOPLE COMMENT THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN RED PEONIES BEFORE AND WANT TO KNOW THE ORIGIN. SHE HAS EVEN STARTED OTHER PLANTS FROM THE OLD PLANT AND HAS EVEN EXCHANGEd WITH NEIGHBORS FOR OTHER COLOURS. THIS STORY WAS READ TO TWO GROUPS OF CHILDREN WHO EMBRACED IT VERY WELL WITH MANY QUESTIONS SUCH AS: IS SHE REAL WHERE DOES SHE LIVE IS THIS A TRUE STORY MAY I TOUCH THE FLOWERS (WE HAD PROPS) MAY I TAKE THE FLOWERS HOME SOME KIDS EXPRESSED WHAT THEY WOULD PUT ON THEIR SIGN. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU PICK MY FLOWERS I WILL COME TO YOUR HOME AND PICK YOUR FLOWERS.