"I shall be glad to hear them," said Martha, "for I had no idea that flowers could tell such interesting stories."
WHEN JACK FROST WAS YOUNG
When Jack Frost was Young
Not that he is old now, for Jack is a snappy, bright fellow, and will never really grow old—that is, in anything but experience.
And that is exactly what this story is about, the time when Jack Frost was young in experience and would not listen to his mother, old Madam North Wind.
One morning he awoke and hustled about with a will, and Madam North Wind, who had not yet begun to arise early in the morning, was aroused from her slumbers.
"Whatever are you doing, making such a noise at this time in the morning?" she asked her son.