It wasn't lucky to have a rose with thirteen petals, and no one would buy a rose that had them. Nor would the thoughtful superstitious buy a rose with more than thirteen petals because, they argued, the petals on the outside could wither and fall off leaving thirteen petals. Bad luck.
Because of this superstition, Simon spent mornings plucking petals off of roses.
Inspired by the first line of Theodora Goss' "The Rose in Twelve Petals" (which is a fascinating take on Sleeping Beauty.) The opening line:
I. The Witch
This rose has twelve petals.
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