. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . cut her finger, and the bloodfell upon the snow. Ah, said the woman, sighing deeply, and looking downat the blood, if only I could have a child as red as blood,and as white as snow ! And as she said these words, her heart suddenly grewlight, and she felt sure she should have her wish. So she wentback to the house, and when a month had passed the snowwas gone; in two months everything was green ; in threemonths the flowers sprang out of the earth ; in four monthsthe trees were in full leaf, and the branches were thicklyentwined ; the
. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . cut her finger, and the bloodfell upon the snow. Ah, said the woman, sighing deeply, and looking downat the blood, if only I could have a child as red as blood,and as white as snow ! And as she said these words, her heart suddenly grewlight, and she felt sure she should have her wish. So she wentback to the house, and when a month had passed the snowwas gone; in two months everything was green ; in threemonths the flowers sprang out of the earth ; in four monthsthe trees were in full leaf, and the branches were thicklyentwined ; the little birds began to sing, so that the woodsechoed, and the blossoms fell from the trees ; when the fifthmonth had passed the wife stood under the almond tree, andit smelt so sweet that her heart leaped within her, and she fellon her knees for joy ; and when the sixth month had gone, thefruit was thick and fine, and she remained still; and theseventh month she gathered the almonds, and ate themeagerly, and was sick and sorrowful ; and when the eighth THE. ALMOl^TREE-
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