The story of the Twinflower
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Twinflower
A raven fluttered down to the forest floor, bending it's beak down to rid itself
of a sticky seed clinging to the feathers over the left leg. As the seed fell to
the earth, you could almost hear a sigh. The fruit was a curious traveler, as seen
from all the tiny hooks covering it, grabbing at any opportunity passing by. In it's
very genes were a longing for adventure and new places to see. The bird had brought
it to a deep dark wood, new and undiscovered. When it grew, it formed two leaves,
for it did not like to be alone. As it grew the stem, the curious plant grew two
more leaves on the other side of the stem to see that way better. It grew two more
and two more... leaves always green as it was not afraid. Then it grew very fine,
but also very strong roots from which another plant could grow. In this way, the
woods were to be explored. It just so happened that a wedding was taking place in
the woods, the humans joining together in a grand ceremony. So awed was the plant,
that it decided to honor the couple in it's own way. A long flower stem was sent
up into a knot with a pair of leaves. From that, two rose colours trumpets sprang
out just as handsome as the married couple. In each trumpet were two small pistols-