"Don't worry," says the flower to the crushed Scrumpy Jack can. "It will be alright."
"How can it be alright?" Scrumpy replies. "I've been used up, emptied out and thrown away. I'm just a crumpled up shell of what I once was - drunk and discarded. It's over for me."
Looking down on the embittered litter, Flower reaches out to offer consolation and hope.
"You're not the only one who feels that way," she soothes.
"No?"
"No. Perhaps the man who did this to you feels the same. Everyone does sometimes. At least, for a time you were a friend to him - you have done nothing wrong. You may feel crushed now but you were important to someone once. Remember that......."
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