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Many Legends surround "Forget Me Nots"which bloom
in spring and summer.
One morning, in the golden days of the early world, an angel sat just
outside the gates of Paradise, and wept.
"Why do you weep?" gently asked one who passed that way. "Surely the
world is lovely, and Paradise is so near!"
"Alas!" said the angel, "I must wait long before I may enter Paradise."
"Why," said the other, "it seems but a step to the gates. Why must you
wait?"
"Look," said the angel, pointing earthward. The other looked and saw a
dainty blue-eyed maiden stooped over the grass by a brookside.
"Do you see those tiny blue flowers which she is planting?" whispered the
angel. "They are as dainty as she is herself. They are blue as her own
eyes. They have hearts of gold as true as her own true heart."
"Why, then, do you weep?" asked the other.
"Ah," said the angel, "I love the gentle maiden, and with her I would have
entered Paradise. But, lo, when we came to the very gates we were not
allowed to enter."
"Tell me more," said the other.
"A task was given to this earth maiden," said the angel. "In every corner
of the world must she plant this tiny blue flower. I may not enter the
gates of Paradise without her. Thus it is that I sit outside and weep."
"Nay, nay," said the other. "weep not. There is a better way than that."
Then he whispered in the angel's ear.
And the angel flew to earth where the maiden stooped over her dainty blue
flowers. He came to assist her in her task.
Hand in hand the angel and the beautiful maiden wandered over the land. In
every corner of the earth they planted the blue forget-me-nots.
Then one day, when the task was done, they sat together beside the stream
and wove wreaths of forget-me-nots.
And with garlands of their own flowers about them, the angel gathered the
beautiful maiden in his arms and carried her with him to the gates of
Paradise.
The gates swung wide at their coming, and ever after the angel and the
maiden whom he loved wandered mid fields of happiness in the land of
Paradise.
Poem
When the sun fades, forget me not,
And I will help you find your way in the shadows.
When your heart is sad ,forget me not
And we will share the joy we once knew.
When hope seems lost, forget me not
And see there is so much love left to be found
Forget Me Not and the love in your heart
Shall keep you with me always
For the life and love that seems lost,
remember that to live life
Is to give life
author unknown
Legend
Adam was walking in the garden
and a It called out to him "oh father of men,
what am I to be called?" Adam was struck by
the beauty of of this tiny over looked
flower and said, "I give you a name that shall
not be forgotten. I give you the name ForgetMeNot."
This tiny lovely flower was the emblem of King
Henry the IV of England with the motto, "Remember me."
It is also the flower of January and the State Flower of Alaska.
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