The big Evergreen Trees arrogantly claim they are the ones who awaken the woodland flowers and insects each spring. However, the spring flowers know the truth: it's actually Jack-in-the-pulpit, a little woodland preacher, who delivers a talk every spring, instructing them on how and when to bloom. They chuckle at the Evergreens' ignorance, knowing they are too rigid to see the real source of springtime's arrival.

The big Evergreen Trees arrogantly claim they are the ones who awaken the woodland flowers and insects each spring. However, the spring flowers know the truth: it's actually Jack-in-the-pulpit, a little woodland preacher, who delivers a talk every...

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