Once Upon a Time There Was a Thistle [antikvár]

Once upon a time there was a thistle. It grew at the edge of a forest, by a dirt track. It was dusty in dry weather and muddy when it rained. Many lovely things grew in the forest, but the thistle was not as delicate as the daisy, as golden as the dandelion or as beautiful as the blue-bell and no one looked at it or admired it.