Have You Ever Seen a Flower by Shawn Harris

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For Lauren, Dusty, and Ruby. Copyright Š 2021 by Shawn Harris. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available. ISBN 978-1-4521-8270-4 Manufactured in China.

Design by Jennifer Tolo Pierce. Typeset in Acre. The illustrations in this book were made with pencil and colored pencil. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Chronicle Books LLC 680 Second Street San Francisco, California 94107 Chronicle Books—we see things differently. Become part of our community at www.chroniclekids.com.

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Have you ever seen a flower?

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I mean really . . .

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seen a flower?

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I mean way down in the clover

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with your face down in a flower?

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Have you ever seen a flower using nothing but your nose?

Breathe deep . . .

what do you see?

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Raindrops made of honey? The knees of bumblebees?

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fan c

y lady?

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Have you ever seen a flower so deep you had to shout

HELLO

and listen for an echo just to know how deep it goes?

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Life is inside you.

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Life is all around you.

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Have you ever been a flower?

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I mean really been a flower?

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