Miss Rumphius PP

Miss Rumphius is the life story of Miss Alice Rumphius, otherwise known as the Lupine Lady, as told by her young niece, Alice.



When she was a young child, Miss Rumphius set two goals for herself: she would follow in her grandfather's footsteps by traveling to faraway places and then settle down in a home by the sea. Alice's grandfather tells her there is one more thing she must do. She must do something to make the world more beautiful. Alice agrees to honor her grandfather's request, but does not yet know how she will do it.



Alice grows up and accomplishes her goals of traveling the world and finding a home by the sea. Still, Miss Rumphius wonders how she will make the world more beautiful. Then one spring day, after having spent many months in bed with a bad back, Miss Rumphius discovers that the lupines she had planted in her garden had spread to a nearby hill.



Miss Rumphius orders five bushels of lupine seed and begins to sow them wherever she goes that summer. The next spring lupines are growing all over her seaside town and Miss Rumphius, now known as the Lupine Lady, has accomplished her grandfather's request.



Now a very old woman, Miss Rumphius graciously entertains the neighborhood children with stories of faraway places. Her niece Alice says that she will follow in her aunt's footsteps by traveling to faraway places and then settling down in a home by the sea. Aunt Alice tells her that there is one more thing she must do. She must do something to make the world more beautiful. Young Alice agrees to honor her aunt's request, but she does not know yet how she will do it.

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