"Such a cold day, "said Mother Nature, "and no blankets（毯子）, I am afraid the cold weather will pick my babies' leaves, take away their flowers and make them sick till they are ready to die. "
"I must write a letter to Father Winter, "said Mother Nature.
This is what the letter said：
Dear Father Winter,
Have you any warm blankets for my babies? The season is coming when they should have a long, long sleep. And the cold weather is coming too. Please send me some blankets soon.
From your old friend,
Mother Nature
Then she called her postman, Autumn Wind, and sent him to the north with her letter.
King Winter was sitting at the back of the North Wind, planning his coming work on Earth when Autumn Wind arrived with the letter.
"Dear me!Something must be done to stop the babies getting cold. Ho!Snowflake, come here and bring your sisters and brothers with you. Mother Nature has need of you, my helpers, and go down to the Earth, and cover up the babies. "
Just then a golden﹣edged cloud floated by, and the snowflakes stayed together on it and were soon travelling to the Earth.
The next morning, white blankets had covered the land. Dear Mother Nature was glad because her babies were all sleeping safe and warm under the white blankets.
a. The babies were safe and warm.
b. The snowflakes travelled to the Earth.
c. Mother Nature sent a letter to Father Winter.
d. The babies of Mother Nature were getting sick.
