My grandmother often said "Pansies always have such happy faces". It was her favorite flower. She loved the different colors and the way the petals ruffled or how they lowered their heads when it rained. 
Pansys have 4 petals pointing upward and one pointing down.If they have 3 pointing upward it is a violet but both are in the same family. In Scandinavia the flower was called the stepmother flower. It helped to tell a story. The top two petals are the real children and the bottom 3 are the step children.
Pulling off the three petals at the bottom will reveal they are washing the mother's feet. If you carefully pull off the blue tab at the bottom, you will see two legs. You will see the mom with a red colored head and a green dress if you pull off the top two petals.
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