There was once a beautiful flower and a little girl who loved it.
She lives in a village in Kent (UK) with her husban, four teenage children, two dogs and two hens..
About author(s): Anne Booth is a highly-acclaimed children\'s fiction and picture book author and is known for the exceptional warmth and authenticity of her writing.
And the flower bloomed.
As he did so, his own heart filled with love.
Why don\'t you tell it how wonderful it is and how much you love it? she said.
So, he asked the little girl.
But it still refused to open.
He told it how wonderful he was, how important his job was and how lonely he felt.
He tried giving it shade and he tried talking to it.
He tried watering it.
The angry man didn\'t understand.
The next day, the flower did not open.
The owner of the flower shouted at her.
She talked to it every morning on her way to school.
There was once a beautiful flower and a little girl who loved it
