The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . est, where his old father was awoodman, and, if she liked, he would take her so far on her roads were the same to little Betsinda, so she very thankfully tookthis one. And the carter put a cloth round her bare feet, and gave her somebread and cold bacon, and was very kind to her. For all that, shewas very cold and melancholy. When after traveling on and on,evening came, and all the black pines were bending with snow, andthere, at last, was the comfortable light


The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . est, where his old father was awoodman, and, if she liked, he would take her so far on her roads were the same to little Betsinda, so she very thankfully tookthis one. And the carter put a cloth round her bare feet, and gave her somebread and cold bacon, and was very kind to her. For all that, shewas very cold and melancholy. When after traveling on and on,evening came, and all the black pines were bending with snow, andthere, at last, was the comfortable light beaming in the woodmanswindows ; and so thev arrived, and went into his cottage. He was 84 TO A HUT SHE GAINS ADMISSION, an old man, and had a number of children, who were just at supper,with nice hot bread and milk, when their elder brother arrived withthe cart. And they jumped and clapped their hands ; for they weregood children, and he had brought them toys from the town. Andwhen they saw the pretty stranger, they ran to her, and brought herto the fire, and rubbed her poor little feet, and brought her bread Look, father! they said to the old woodman, look at this poorgirl, and see what pretty cold feet she has. They are as wliite as ourmilk ! And look and see what an odd cloak she has, just like tiie bitof velvet that hangs up in our cupboard, ami whi(di you ioitud thatday the little cubs were killed by King radella, in the forest! And WHAT A TUUCmXG RHCOGNITION I 80 look ? why, bless us all ! she has got round her neck just such anotherlittle shoe as that you brought home, and have shown us so often—alittle blue velvet shoe !* AYhat, said the old woodman, what is all this about a shoe anda cloak ? And Betsinda explained that she had been left, when quite a littlechild, at the town with this cloak and this shoe. And the personswho had taken care of her had—had been angry with her for no fault,she hoped, of her own. And they had sent her away with her oldclothe


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