Spring's Perfume

 Recently, I had over 50 children plus teachers and a few parents

walk over to the farm for a tour.

They pet baby goats, fed other goats, each gave the horse a carrot,

and learned about chickens from my friend Becky.

It was a beautiful  day and you could just smell spring.

The children were between 4 and 5 years old

and while waiting for them all to arrive

I passed around a cut-off branch from this vine

and asked the children to smell the flowers

and guess what the name of the plant was.

Without any hands raised

I decided to give them a few hints.

First I said, "It starts with a J".

And then I said, "And it is the name of a princess".

At that hint, a little 5 year old girl's eyes got really wide

and a smile exploded on her face

and she exclaimed, "JASMINE!". 

"Yes!", I said.

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If you grow up in the south, you just gotta know this stuff.