Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come to see the daffodils  before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead, "I will come next Tuesday, I promised a little unwillingly on her third call The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy.Still, I had promised, and I drove there.When I finally walked into Carolyn^ house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children.I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren. "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in these clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive another inch!" My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this all the time,Mum." "You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience." After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel  road and I saw a small church.On the far side of the churchtI saw a hand-lettered sign that read, "Daffodil Garden." We got out of the car* each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path.Then, as we turned a corner, I looked up and gasped Before me lay the most beautiful sight There were five acres of flowers! But "Who has done this?" I asked Carolyn."Just one woman," Carolyn answered "That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house.-We walked up to the house. On the patio  ,we saw a poster."Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking", was the headline.The first answer was a simple one."50, 000 bulbs  ," it read.The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman." The third answer was, "Began in 1958." For me, that moment was a life-changing experience.I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun  _  one bulb at a time -- to bring her vision of beauty and joy to the mountain top. The author didn't want to see the daffodils because   _    .
the weather was cold and rainy the long drive was too much for her she didn't take interest in them she was afraid to climb up the mountain