Wagner opera stories . ronger so that beforelong* he could walk. Then came veryhappy days for him. He would wander into the forests quiteaway from the cave and sit and listen tothe wind as it whispered to the a little baby bear would come up tohim and play with him for hours at atime. Sometimes the mother bear wouldcome and lie on the grass near by, watch-ing* the young child playing with her baby,but she never thought of doing him anyharm. Day by day Siegfried grew more beauti-ful. His little arms and legs grew stronger,his body more erect, and his golden hairfell like sunbeams ab
Wagner opera stories . ronger so that beforelong* he could walk. Then came veryhappy days for him. He would wander into the forests quiteaway from the cave and sit and listen tothe wind as it whispered to the a little baby bear would come up tohim and play with him for hours at atime. Sometimes the mother bear wouldcome and lie on the grass near by, watch-ing* the young child playing with her baby,but she never thought of doing him anyharm. Day by day Siegfried grew more beauti-ful. His little arms and legs grew stronger,his body more erect, and his golden hairfell like sunbeams about his baby facewhich each day had more strength in it. He was clothed in real forest dress, con-sisting of a little fur shirt, and skin sandalson his feet. Mime had made for him a 87 S I E FRIED. silver horn which he wore swung over hisshoulders. With this horn he could callthe birds and play to the bears whichwere his constant companions. Oftenwould that part of the forest ring withthe glad notes of his silver HORN MOTIVE. Not only did the birjJs and bears respondto the call, but tk£ mother foxes wouldcome with their/Mttle ones, and the wolveswith their cubs. They would nestle closeto the young boy while he played on hishorn for them. They felt his courage andloved him for it. Happy, indeed, were these days to theyoung* Siegfried, and this is the way themusic told of them: 88 SIEGFRIED :,.r,mimiFirYn#tfE3fg m SIEGFRIED AS A LITTLE BOY (SIEGFRIEDMOTIVE.) Is it to be wondered at that he grew upto be all that even the grasping Mimecould desire? Never was such a hero seenbefore. One bright sunny morning, tri-umphant in the strength of his youngmanhood, Siegfried stood before Mime,demanding a sword so strong that hecould not break it. Mime was such a cowardly dwarf thatthe brave youth could not do otherwisethan despise him, and he very seldomstayed in the cave. This was the reasonhe demanded a strong sword, for he wasplanning to leave Mime and the forest andsee something
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