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The Fir Tree... BY HANS ANDERSEN
SVAALAARA AAA SE
(Continued from Page 28)
"Ah, yes, so it happens in the world," thought the ar tree. He bellevod it all. becutive it was related by such a nice mon. "Al well," he thought, "who knows? Perhaps I may fall down wo and marry a princes. And be footed forward joyfully for the next evening, oxpecting
to ho
the the
again decked out with lights and playthings, gold and fruit. "To- morrow, I will not tremble," thought he. " will enjoy all my splendour, and I shall hear the story of Humpty Dumpty again, and perhaps Ivede-Avede." And the free remained quiet and thoughtful all night. in morning
the servants and housemaid canie in.
"all "Now," thought the fr, my splendeur is going to begin But they dragged him gain," out of the room and upstairs w the garret and threw him on the floor, in a dark corner where no daylight shone, and there they left him. "What does this mean?"
wards the tree. The cafe un- other, and they bolli staffed at the fir tree and crept between
the branches.
"O it is very cold." said the mouse, or else we should be su comtruble here, shouldn't we,
you ti y tree"
"I am not ok," and the r tree. "There are many who are
ulder than I am"
"Where do you come from and what do you know ?" asked the mice, who were full of curiosity. Have you seen the most beauti ful places in the world, and can you tell us all about them? Ana have you been in the moreroom, where cheeses le
on the shelf
and hums hang from the celling? One can run about on alio rundles there, mal go
In thin
and come out fat."
"I know nothing of that plure,"
thought the tree. "What um salt the ir tice. Bist I know to do here? I can hear nothing in a place like this!" And he leaned against the wall and thought and thought,
it
the wood where the sun clitus and the birds singt " And then the tree told the little nie all about its youthi, T hau Arver heard such en areont la Pie lives. After they listened to 11 attentively, they slel: "What a number of things you have seen! You must have *** very happy."
The Ar
"Hoppy" He had me enough to think, for days and nights passed and no ono came hear nim, and when list somebody did come. wes only to put away large boxes So the tree was In a corner. completely hidden from sight as 1 it had never existed. "I winter now."
thought the tree.
The ground in harel and covered with snow, so that people cannot plant me. I shall be sheltered here. I daresay, until spring comes. How thoughtful and kind wish everybody is to me! Still this place were not se duck as woll as lonely, with not even a lille here to look at. How pleu- forest Bant it was out in the when the
Τέτα BYIKIW lay on ground. Then the how would run by yes, and jump over me too, although a dirt ra then. Oh, it is terribly lonely here!"
"Squeak, squeak." sold a little mouse, creeping cautiously
ta-
exclaimed re. And then he reflected upon what he had been telling them, he said "Ah, yes. After all, Chose were happy days," But when he went on and related all and how Ibout istmes Eve,
wp with l! been dressed cakes and lights, the mice sui "Bow happy
have you must you old fr tree!"
been
"I am not old at all," replied
10 tree "I only me from te 4. winter mor r:fr:t"
checkert m my growth."
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ho talked, the more he reinem- bored, and then he thought to himself "Those were happy days, but they may come again Ilumply Dumpty fell downstairs, and yet he married the princess. Perhaps 1 may marry a princess too." And the dr tree thought treo of the pretty little birch ibal rew In the forest, which real beautiful
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to him a princess.
were
Humpty Dumpty?" "Who de asked the little mice, and then the tree related the whole story 110 could remember every angle word, and the uttle mice a delighted with it that wore ready to jump to the top of the tree, The next night
mlee came, grent many more and un Sunday two rals came with them. But the rats said it was not pretty story at all, and the little mice were very sorry, for it made them alto think less of it.
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""Pašli post?"" sald the old tree. "Oh, had I but enjoyed mycalf while l'evuld have dono so! Now it is too late."
"Now life is beginning again" listened to the story of ifumpty said the tree, hejolning "In the Dumpty. sunshine'dud frosh ar. Then It wus carlod downstairs. and Lokon into the courtyard. so quickly that it forgot to think or itself, ond could only look about, There was so much to be soch The court was close to a garden, where everything looked bicom- ing. Fresh and fragrant roses hung over the little palings. The Hnden trees were In blossom, while the swallows flow here and there, crying "Twl, twit, twit, my mate is coming.” But It was sot the fir tree they meant.
Thon lad came and chopped the tree into small pieces, úil a large bundle lay in a heap on the ground. The pieces were placed in a fire under the Kettle, and they quickly binzed up brightly, while the tree sigled so deeply that each sigh was like a little pistol shot. Then the children, who were at play, some and seated themselves in tront of the fire, and looked at it fr
when the
ted: "Pup, pop." But at each "pop" which was a deep sigh, the tree wam thinking of a sum- med day in the forest, or of some winter night there stars shone brightly,
evening. Christmas Humpty Dumpty, the only story it had ever heard or knew how to relato-till at last It was con- sumed.
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"Now I shall live," erled the tree, joyfully spreading out is branches. But alas, they were of withered and yellow, and if lay in a corner amongst weeds, and
and they nettles. The star of gold paper still stuck in the top of the tree and giltered in the sunshine. In the same courtyard were playing two of the merry children had danced round the tree
and had been SU Christman happy. The youngest saw the gilded ster and ran and pulled it off the tree.
one
"Du
know only you story?" asked the rais.
"Only one," replied the r tree. "I heard it on the happi- est evening in my life, but fakt not know I was so happy at the tline."
"We think it is a very miser- able story," said the rats. "Don't you know any story about bacon or tallow in the storeroom?
"No." replied the tree. "Many thanks to you then," replied the rats, and they march- ed off,
The little nice also kept away after this and the tree sighed and said: "It was very pleasan when the merry little mice sat while I round me and stened talked. Now that is all past too. However, 1 shall consider my- self happy when someone comes take me out of this place." But wond this ever happen" Yes, one munting people came to The boxes rut List garret.
were pelted away, and the trees was pulled out of the corner and the garret thrown roughly on door. Then the servant dragged out upon the staireuse there the daylight shone.
AT
who
At
"Look what is sticking to the old ugly fr tree," suld the child, treading on the branches t
his boots. they crackled under And the tree saw all the fresh bright flowers in the garden, and then looked at itself and wished 11 had remained in the dare corner of the garret. I thought of its fresh youth in the forest, of the merry Christmas evening, and of the little mice who hnu
wod
star
The boys silli played in the garden, and the youngest on his breast the golden with which the tree had been adorned during the happies! evening of its existence. Now all was past: the tree's life was past, and the story also for all stories must come to an end at last,
Rupert and the Carved Stick-37
Leaving Edward on one tree stump the gentleman trots over to Rupert on the other.
**What is
looking at it from the weens and cries Rupert. "Stand back and look at the other oak and wee it. little bear he asks gloomily. where the line leads you." The gentleman follow a pointing **I can't get any sense out of that
"The finger and gives start. message from the stick. The line and show nothing but grass island island" be gasps in
Latonialment. "But surely you were trees."
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