. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . ers web floated around it. Her twochildren, princess Rosa and prince Rosered sat besideher on little green chairs in red and green puffed gar-ments and a whole train of court ladies, all in rose color-ed dresses stood and sat around them. The singers andsongstresses arrived one after the other: Mr. Finch andMadam Linnet, Mr. Green Finch and Madam Thrush. MrYellowthrush and Madam Lark, and at last came thefamous songstress Madam Nightingale and then there wasmusic in abundance. A shepherd who was pasturing hisflock on the meadow drove his she
. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . ers web floated around it. Her twochildren, princess Rosa and prince Rosered sat besideher on little green chairs in red and green puffed gar-ments and a whole train of court ladies, all in rose color-ed dresses stood and sat around them. The singers andsongstresses arrived one after the other: Mr. Finch andMadam Linnet, Mr. Green Finch and Madam Thrush. MrYellowthrush and Madam Lark, and at last came thefamous songstress Madam Nightingale and then there wasmusic in abundance. A shepherd who was pasturing hisflock on the meadow drove his sheep nearer to the casllothat he might hear something of the concert. And when^yn the sheep came too near the castle the sharp thorns caughtsomething from their fleecesand then the little wood birdsmade haste to carry off the bitsof wool to their nests in orderto make a softer bed for theirlittle ones. And when the sing-ers had finished the insectsgathered about the castle for ^TJI^^^xI A((^wa c^ance ancl a Sreat Deet^e plaved the bass viol for 122 So the singers and the insects kept up the festivitiestill it was dark and the queen had the castle splendidlylighted up by a thousand shining glowworms. Then allthe singers and songstresses went home and only MadamNightingale remained to sing the queen and her childrento sleep. Then Sugardolly thought that it was too late to goany farther and went up to the balcony where the queensat and asked if she could be permitted to spend thatnight in the castle. Centifolia must have been very tiredfor she only nodded sleepily and Dolly went into thegreen castle hall and lay down and was soon fast asleepwith fatigue after her long wanderings. The next morn-ing the sun awoke her and she left castle Rosebush tocontinue her journey. She locked up to the balcony ofthe queen but she was still sitting thero sleeping andnodding on her green throne and princess Rosa andPrince Rosered had laid their little heads on her lap andall three had slept t
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