. Tales of enchantment from Spain . is no turningback. All will be well if you do not try to seizethe bird too soon. Mariquita journeyed on and on until finally shecame to the beautiful garden. She waited quietlyuntil she saw the wonderful white parrot come flyingdown to the round stone in the middle of the it turned around upon the stone. Then itrucked its lovely head under its snowy wing andwent to sleep. The moment Mariquita stretched out her hand andseized the white parrot all the stones in the garden THE WHITE PARROT 13 came to life. There was her brother standing closebehin
. Tales of enchantment from Spain . is no turningback. All will be well if you do not try to seizethe bird too soon. Mariquita journeyed on and on until finally shecame to the beautiful garden. She waited quietlyuntil she saw the wonderful white parrot come flyingdown to the round stone in the middle of the it turned around upon the stone. Then itrucked its lovely head under its snowy wing andwent to sleep. The moment Mariquita stretched out her hand andseized the white parrot all the stones in the garden THE WHITE PARROT 13 came to life. There was her brother standing closebehind her. Her joy was unspeakable. Mariquita and her brother invited all the stoneswhich had been restored to human form to comehome with them and celebrate the event in theirhouse. A great feast was held which lasted forthree days. Now that I have my own dear brother safe homeagain I am the happiest girl in the world! Thereis nothing more to wish for! said Mariquita. Neveragain will I give way to foolish longings! THE CARNATION YOUTH. a pooran only HERE was oncelaborer who haddaughter whom he loved verydearly. One day, when hewas on his way home fromhis daily work, he saw a pinkcarnation growing beside thepath. He picked it and carried it home to his daugh-ter. She declared that it was the most beautiful car-nation she had ever seen. She put it carefully intoa glass of water. That evening, as she held it in her hand, admir-ing it, she carelessly let it fall into the candle. Thepink carnation began to burn immediately. At that moment there suddenly appeared a hand-some youth, who said to the girl sadly: Why dontyou speak to me? You will have to seek me among 15 16 THE CARNATION YOUTH the rocks of the whole world. Then he disappeared as mysteriously as he had appeared. The poor laborers daughter had never seen sucha handsome young man in her life. She dreamed ofhim night and day. His words kept ringing in herears, You will have to seek me among the rocksof the whole world. There wa
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