The Lady Slipper

    My mother grew up in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Her father was a great outsdoorsman, he went hunting and trapping to get money to buy their Christmas presents. One year, he bought my mom a pair of moccasins and told her about the legend of the Lady Slipper. The Lady Slipper is Minnesota's state flower and is endangered.
    The story of the Lady Slipper is on this link: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/LadysSlippers-Ojibwa.html
   The Ojibwa are Native Americans that live in northern Minnesota and parts of Canada. This story is told to explain why the Lady Slipper looks like a tiny moccasin. The Lady Slipper is an endangered flower and it is protected by the state of Minnesota. No one can remove a Lady Slipper from its natural habitat.