Project Gutenberg 2005-03-15 Public domain in the USA. 188 Hix, Melvin The magic speech flower; or, Little Luke and his animal friends Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "The Magic Speech Flower; or, Little Luke and His Animal Friends" by Melvin Hix is a children's fiction book written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a young boy named Luke who discovers a magical flower that grants him the ability to understand the language of animals. As Luke interacts with various creatures from the wild, he embarks on an enchanting journey of kindness and friendship. At the start of the story, it is a bright June morning, and little Luke is sitting on the doorstep of his farmhouse, surrounded by the joyful sounds of nature. He saves a baby rabbit from a cat, helps birds protect their nests, and frees a bee trapped in a spider's web, demonstrating his love for animals. After a series of kind actions, Luke finds the magical flower, which allows him to comprehend the thoughts and communications of various animals, setting the stage for many adventures and lessons about compassion and the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 90.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Animals -- Folklore Animals -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 208146 2025-06-06T13:11:12.400278 text/html 201577 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii 2195368 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 2229721 2025-06-06T13:11:22.139258 application/epub+zip 2231653 2025-06-06T13:11:15.870285 application/epub+zip 139497 2025-06-06T13:11:12.859298 application/epub+zip 2496941 2025-06-06T13:11:25.168299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2467727 2025-06-06T13:11:19.119294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203599 2022-09-07T21:23:56.676045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183710 2025-06-06T13:11:11.905285 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183468 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 66065 2020-12-14T07:50:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17847 2025-06-06T13:11:25.320231 application/rdf+xml 28491 2025-06-06T13:11:12.949300 image/jpeg 4234 2025-06-06T13:11:12.904272 image/jpeg 2195750 2025-06-06T13:11:12.487287 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog