Dad winked at me. Mum went to find a vase. I followed her into the kitchen. She put the flowers in water, and even the upside-down rose looked a bit happier.
But she was laughing. I looked down at the bouquet. The flowers were all drooping to one side. The paper was torn. The ribbon had come undone. And the rose we’d picked up off the pavement — I’d put it back in upside down, so the head was hanging sadly, like a tired soldier. le petit nicolas rex english translation full
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