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Fraxinella

Then all the roses, Fraxinella included, stretched their petals and
tried to look and smell their very best in order to attract the last of
the pollinators. And as it was very late in the season, the morning
wore on without a single bee paying them a visit. Fraxinella became
very anxious as the sun moved higher in the sky. Noon was but a few
minutes away, and her disguise would soon vanish.

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