Un mystère
How could a large orchid plant survive in a closed, all but abandoned house which had not been entered for years? That was the question we pondered as we looked with some elderly friends into the window
of a house they had the duty of checking on. Sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room was a healthy orchid in a large cache-pot. The lady who had lived in the house had died several years before, and remarkably everything in the house had remained exactly in its place, untouched.
Yet there was that orchid, alive and well. What was its magic? Then it occurred to me. The old house was in the Pas-de-Calais, a very rainy area and the large potted orchid must have been placed at some time in the past in a spot to catch the drip of a leaking roof.
Vocabulary
un cache-pot: a plant pot
une fuite: a leak
un toit qui fuit: a leaking roof
un mystère: a mystery
Speaking of mysteries . . .
charm and intrigue French readers young and
old alike. In it, Papa Lapin follows a series of
curious tracks in a very heavy and mysterious
snow that lead him to saving springtime! An
adventure full of ups, downs and new animal
friends. For ages 4 to 99. Fullly illustrated
with original aquarelle and ink drawings by
yours truly.
also available in English, The Rabbit in Search
of Spring. Both are sold worldwide on
Amazon.
©2022 P. B. Lecron
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