Side Story 4: Snoopy's Magnolia
🌻 Grandmother Lola's narration
On March 19th, almost half a month after Snoopy's death, I went for a walk with Pippi Parrot, and by the way, I went to see the cherry blossoms in bloom, and I did see some important trees in this area that Snoopy had told me.
As far as the eye can see, many trees that have not yet grown leaves are full of budding flower bones, some of which are the size of small fists, and the buds facing the sun have already bloomed the size of a small rice bowl.
Isn't this a very precious magnolia...... How did Snoopy come to know the tree? The flower language of the purple magnolia is: fragrant thoughts. Snoopy, do you miss us?
At this time, Pippi heard me say that it was a magnolia flower, and he suddenly sang a song, when Teresa Teng once sang when the magnolia bloomed: the spring breeze blew the magnolia flowers bloomed, and the magnolia flowers bloomed yo reminded me of him Yo morning and twilight yo magnolia flowers are fragrant, which will not forget yo......
"Pippi, is this song also taught you by your grandmother?"
"Grandma, no, I learned to sing from a tape recorder."
"Pipsqueak, you're so smart...... Seeing such a beautiful magnolia flower, I miss Snoopy so much! ”
"Grandma, I miss her too...... She doesn't want us anymore, let's keep her in our hearts forever! Grandma, tell me about the magnolia flower! ”
"Well, the flowers of purple magnolia are very precious, especially have medicinal value, mainly for the treatment of rhinitis, headache, as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent, for more than 2,000 years of traditional Chinese medicine, also as a grafted rootstock of magnolia, white orchid and other magnolia plants."
"Purple magnolia not only has large and beautiful flowers, graceful flowers, fragrant smell, high ornamental value, few pests and diseases, and its flower bud name is Xinyi, which has always been the main medicine for the treatment of nasal diseases in traditional Chinese medicine.
When I had finished, Pipsqueak was going to pluck some flowers and take them home, and I told him that this was a private property, and that the flowers could not be taken off, only for viewing.
I took a lot of pictures of Pippi and missed Snoopy as I took them. I saw at least two dozen magnolia trees in this area.
The three largest and most beautiful magnolia trees were specially given to me by Snoopy, just a few hundred meters away from my home, planted by a neighbor's family.
Pippi and I stayed under the three magnolia trees for more than two hours, and we were reluctant to leave for a long time.
At this time, the tanuki came with a white chinchilla on his back, and he jumped on the branch of the magnolia tree to greet me and Pippi: "Meow meow...... "Grandma, Pippi, Longlong and I come here almost every day to see the magnolia flowers blooming."
In the past, Snoopy and Tony came to pee under these magnolia trees every day, and later the big corn also came, so these magnolia trees bloomed so early, and they bloomed very luxuriantly.
I know that Snoopy spent last spring under these three magnolia trees, and my daughter Tiffany said that she especially likes spring, maybe she just likes these magnolia flowers, right?
At four o'clock in the afternoon when Snoopy died, she sat in front of the glass door and looked out for more than an hour, which I will never forget......
Today, I finally unlocked the secret of Snoopy's heart: it turned out that there was a huge magnolia tree facing the glass door of my home, which was so beautiful that I couldn't bear to look at it......
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New York was quiet and empty under the epidemic, and it was even quieter here on Long Island, and I stayed outside for more than three hours with Pippi Parrot, and we didn't see anyone, only the ambulance, whining incessantly.
When cherry blossoms bloom and wither on their own, so will magnolias...... Recently, I have heard too many examples of people getting infected with the coronavirus.
Some even happened around us, a senior media veteran died of infection, a young friend in the financial circle suddenly died at home, and a police friend was infected with a high fever for many days, and he was isolated at home waiting for recovery......