The digging work went on. Within an hour every diamond had been recovered.
However, the flower bed was completely ruined. Dirt had been scattered everywhere and only a few of the tulip bulbs were worth saving.
“Vevi, whatever possessed you girls to plant tulip bulbs at this time of year?” Miss Gordon questioned. “They should be planted in the fall, you know, for spring blooms.”
“We didn’t want spring flowers though,” Vevi explained. “We wanted tulips right now.”
“While the flower show is on,” declared Jane.
Miss Gordon regretfully told the Brownies that seeds or plants would have to be used if the troop were to have a flower bed that year. Even if they went to work at once, the bed would not be in bloom for several weeks.
The information made all the Brownies unhappy, especially Vevi.
“I did so want tulips,” she said. “They are the most beautiful flower in the world. Now I’ve even lost my Golden Beauty culls.”
“Don’t worry about that,” said Mr. Van Der Lann. “Next Spring I will give you some choice stock.”
Vevi thanked the nurseryman, but continued to look unhappy. “I wanted a tulip bed so badly,” she murmured.