. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . •THE ALMOND -TREE. LONG time ago, perhaps as much as twothousand years, there was a rich man,and he had a beautiful and pious wife,and they loved each other very much,and they had no children, though theywished greatly for some, and the wifeprayed for one day and night. Now,in the courtyard in front of their housestood an almond tree; and one dayin winter the wife was standing beneath it, and paring anapple, and as she pared it she cut her finger, and the bloodfell upon the snow. Ah, said the woman, sighing deeply, and looking downat
. Household stories from the collection of the bros. Grimm . •THE ALMOND -TREE. LONG time ago, perhaps as much as twothousand years, there was a rich man,and he had a beautiful and pious wife,and they loved each other very much,and they had no children, though theywished greatly for some, and the wifeprayed for one day and night. Now,in the courtyard in front of their housestood an almond tree; and one dayin winter the wife was standing beneath it, and paring anapple, and as she pared it she 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 woo
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