And it's all said with a flower...

​It was a cool summer day and Cornelia was tending the hives.  The bees were buzzing and Cornelia was cleaning the combs.  One of the Bee-Gs, not in the mood to work, was busy hiding behind a leaf in one of the pear-apple trees watching the others.  When out of the corner of his many eyes he noticed that there was a shiny flower hanging from the front door of the cottage. 

​"That was not there a minute ago," he thought.  Flying over to check it out, B-Glad notice that it appeared to be a large flower with a glittery ribbon wrapped around it.  "I should tell Cornelia.  It is another one of those Petal Posts that she sometimes gets," the Bee-G decided.  So off he went.

​​“What’s that B-Glad?  A message for me?” asked Cornelia.  “I did not see the Snail Mail come by delivering.  Are you sure?”  After much buzzing and circling, Cornelia finally realized that B-Glad must had found a Petal Post meant for her.  “I better go see what the fuss is about,” she muttered turning towards the house.

​When she saw it, immediately she knew that the Sleeping Sisters must have sent it.  Shooing away B-Glad who was still hovering over her by telling him that another bee had found a fresh patch of blooming flowers, she checked to make sure that no one else was near enough to see what she was reading.  "It's a good thing they are in code,” thought Cornelia.  She did not see that the little Bee-G had circled around and was now hiding up in the tree again, watching her.  "I'm nosy! I want to see what is in that message," he had hummingly decided.

​“What could the Sleeping Sisters want?” she sighed.  “They only send out a petal post when it is really important.  It isn't like I missed another meeting notice or that I am behind on my dues.”  Opening the Petal Post she quickly scanned the message.  "I must get to Efem immediately," she gasped. Setting the message down on her planting table, she hurried into the cottage forgetting about the message. As she was grabbing her scarf for the walk to Efem's, the Bee-G swooped down and landed next to the Petal Post to read it.

​"It is only a bunch of flower pictures," B-Glad buzzed.  "Maybe I need to read it upside down".  The little Bee-G flew around the message in every direction, but no matter which way it looked, it still seemed to be only a confusion of random flower pictures.

​​Meanwhile, as Cornelia was dashing off a note for Nemmer to tell him that she was going to Efem's and would be back later she realized, "Oh no!  I left the message out."  Hurriedly she finished the note, closed the cottage door, and went straight to the planting table.  Quickly she picked it up and and was about to start pulling the petals apart, making sure that no one else saw her message when she realized that she would need to show it to Efem.  "Even if someone did, unless they knew the the Sleeping Sisters' Language of the Flowers code, it could not be deciphered," she decided.

​"If the Sisters are right, we must act quickly," Cornelia muttered as she started down the trail to Efem's.  "Now all I have to do is convince Efem."