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ne day a girl, a very ordinary girl who knew no- thing of theapocalypse, picked a very ordinary flower. Seeing that its petals were both distinct and one, in harm-r ony with one another, she thOught the flower' beautiful.

presence of the flower was forgotten for the girl realized it was but a sign and soon she had What you might call a vision, in which all _ h , the people she met $7" '

were flowers. Here were "4 I ' i ,

WT pretty flowers, there fl W were wilted ,flowers, plastic flowers and l g ‘ x L _ wallflowers. Some smelled'nice, a, , .9 some not so nice, and some not at all, , 4 I, h l / but they were all flowers just the same. Some looked crushed and undernourished, others stood out like a rose amongst dandelions. The vision passed and the girl. returned to the realization of the physical presence of the flower she had picked earlier, and wordlessly gave the flower to a pass erby, hoping his vision would be as clear and immediate as-

hers. The girl was very happy as she walked into the day.

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