AUGUST 2: The Milkweed Plants
Now the milkweed plant is rather thick with a hollow center and through this center the white milk goes which gives the plant its food. The milk doesn’t care for the air and so that is why the milk stains our hands when we pick the plants.
The leaves are large and of a yellow, gray-green color, while the flowers which grow in clusters are of a pink-lavender shade.
But the little pods filled with seeds are the things the children like and if you see a milkweed plant just look at the little pods.
“I must have milk to drink and to make me strong,” said Milly Milkweed.
“So must I,” said Mamie Milkweed.
“And not only does it make us strong,” said Milly, “but it gives strength to the butterflies which feast upon us, for if we are strong and delicious it makes them strong and beautiful.
“Ah,” said Mamie, “it’s fine to have butterflies and children for friends, and to have our very own milkman always with us. We’re never forgotten in the early mornings by any possible accident. No, we always have our milkman and we have friends.”