when they got down into the garden they ran up and down, and filled their laps with flowers and green leaves, the prettiest they could find. at last they could manage no more, but just as they were going indoors they caught sight of a large rose at the other end of the garden. it was many times prettier than any they had gathered, so they must have that also. but just as they bent down to take the rose a big dense snowdrift came and carried them away.