And away they all flew like the down of a thistle means?
I looked up thistle and it says
any of various prickly composite plants (especially genera Carduus, Cirsium, and Onopordum) with often showy heads of mostly tubular flowers; also : any of various other prickly plants
But it doesn't make sense?????
Anne01
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I always pictured it as the seeds of a dandilion head blowing away...
kelly4
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I think it means that when the thisle down flies through the air it is quiet, just like santa's sleigh.
That's what I'd always thought it meant.
Betty
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OOOOOOOO, So the thistle down is really like the dandelion when it turns that feather like thingy, and you can blow it away quietly? (like santa flying away quietly)?
Anne01
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yeah - I just did a search on thistle and actually found a dandelion!
Im no thistle expert, but I just figured it was the poofy white stuff because it sorta resembles goose-down (soft, white, fluffy)
Betty
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OK, that's what I'm going with. I have a lesson observation tomorrow and I'm reading the story. I wanted to be able to explain it but I didn't understand it myself.
