Project Gutenberg 2005-03-15 Public domain in the USA. 53 Hix, Melvin The magic speech flower; or, Little Luke and his animal friends Reading ease score: 90.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Magic Speech Flower; or, Little Luke and His Animal Friends" by Melvin Hix is a children's fiction book written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a young boy named Luke who discovers a magical flower that grants him the ability to understand the language of animals. As Luke interacts with various creatures from the wild, he embarks on an enchanting journey of kindness and friendship. At the start of the story, it is a bright June morning, and little Luke is sitting on the doorstep of his farmhouse, surrounded by the joyful sounds of nature. He saves a baby rabbit from a cat, helps birds protect their nests, and frees a bee trapped in a spider's web, demonstrating his love for animals. After a series of kind actions, Luke finds the magical flower, which allows him to comprehend the thoughts and communications of various animals, setting the stage for many adventures and lessons about compassion and the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animals -- Folklore Animals -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 208025 206349 2024-10-07T05:14:55.459885 2023-09-07T07:00:18.176170 text/html text/html 201577 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii 2195368 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 2229663 2024-10-07T05:15:04.839714 application/epub+zip 2231670 2024-10-07T05:14:58.789755 application/epub+zip 139518 2024-10-07T05:14:55.801783 application/epub+zip 2497011 2024-10-07T05:15:07.771718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2467727 2024-10-07T05:15:01.836789 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203599 2022-09-07T21:23:56.676045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183710 183626 2024-10-07T05:14:54.922786 2023-09-07T07:00:17.721148 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 183468 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 66065 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18843 2024-10-07T05:15:07.900707 application/rdf+xml 28491 2024-10-07T05:14:55.883775 image/jpeg 4234 2024-10-07T05:14:55.841790 image/jpeg 2195719 2024-10-07T05:14:55.541829 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog