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the move heading north. Curly and I would watch them day after day. The flight seemed endless. I generally carried my Little Scout and wasted a lot of .22 shells shooting into the low flocks but never did hit a duck or goose. As the days grew warmer and the last of the snow drifts were all but melted we school kids would start looking for Ester lilies. This lily is the Pasque which is South Dakota’s state flower. We were never able to find a Pasque anywhere but on the north slope of a hill. The north slope just back of the school house was loaded with them every spring.
After the buds formed we would run out at every recess and noon to see who would be first to find a flower. After they were in bloom the teacher always had a fresh bouquet and many flowers were carried to our homes.
Later on, generally in May, the blue bell, Goldenrod and what we
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