. In happy far-away land . it made him so sad that he looked away and kept his eyes onthe ground for many days, till one morning he saw men carrying out theChristmas tree, no longer gay and sparkling, but withered and fit for nothingbut firewood. Then the Princess Bo-Peep came out to walk in the garden, where thenewly-fallen snow covered the branches of the trees lightly. See here, my daughter, said King Cole, who was with her. Here isa tree with more beautiful things on it than any Christmas tree ever held. And taking a magnifying glass from his pocket, he bade Bo-Peep look xoS THE FIR TREE t
. In happy far-away land . it made him so sad that he looked away and kept his eyes onthe ground for many days, till one morning he saw men carrying out theChristmas tree, no longer gay and sparkling, but withered and fit for nothingbut firewood. Then the Princess Bo-Peep came out to walk in the garden, where thenewly-fallen snow covered the branches of the trees lightly. See here, my daughter, said King Cole, who was with her. Here isa tree with more beautiful things on it than any Christmas tree ever held. And taking a magnifying glass from his pocket, he bade Bo-Peep look xoS THE FIR TREE through it at the snow on the fir tree. She saw that each tiny snowflake wasa wonderful star, and that no two stars of all she saw were alike. Oh ! she cried, how beautiful! It is covered with jewels the SnowQueen has sent. Dear little tree ! It shall be my Christmas tree, not for afew days, but my Christmas tree for all the winter long. And the little fir tree, like everybody and everything else in Far AwayLand, was happy,. t . .- • \%i • .: . • • ti
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