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One afternoon three children entered a flower shop, two boys and a girl. They were nine or ten years old, raggedly dressed, but at this moment well-scrubbed. One of the boys took off his cap and gazed around the store somewhat doubtfully, then came up to the person who owned the store and said,"Sir, we'd like something in yellow flowers." There was something in their tense, nervous, manner that made the man think this was a special occasion. He showed them some inexpensive yellow spring flowers. The boy who was the spokesman for the group shook his head no. "I think we'd like something better than that. "The man asked ,"Do they have to be yellow?" The boy answered, "Yes, sir. You see, Sir, Mickey would like them better if they were yellow. He had a yellow sweater. I guess he'd like yellow better than any other colour." The man asked, "Are they for his funeral?" The boy nodded, suddenly choking up. The little girl was desperately struggling to keep back the tears. " She's his sister," the boy said. "He was a great friend. A truck hit him while he was playing in the street." His lips were trembling now. The other boy entered the conversation. "Us kids in his block took up a collection. We got eighteen cents. Would roses cost an awful lot, Sir, yellow roses, I mean?" The man smiled . "It just happens that I have some nice yellow roses here that I'm offering special today for eighteen cents a dozen." The man pointed to the flower case. "Gee, those would be nice! Yes Mickey sure would like those." The man said, "I'll make up a nice spray with these ferns and ribbons. Where do you want me to send them?" One of the boys responded, "Would it be all right if we took them with us? We'd kind of like to, you know, give them to Mickey ourselves. He'd like it better that way." The florist fixed the spray of flowers and accepted the eighteen cents gravely and watched the youngsters trudge out of the store. And he felt within his heart the warm glow of the presence of God, for he had remembered anew the meaning of the words of Jesus: "Even as you have done it unto one of these little ones, you have done it unto me."