. St. Nicholas [serial] . t will .go on and on until it reaches thelast tree in the world, far away up in the North ;and so blossom-time sweeps over the earth likea great white, lovely wave. And then hethought: But all the blossoms will not bechanged to fruit, and for ten blossoms on anapple-tree there may be but one apple. After that he remembered how, when he wasa little boy, there was a plum-tree in his fathersgarden, and one spring it was covered withblossoms, but in the autumn there were only afew plums, and he was disappointed and saidGod must have changed his mind. When hegrew up he kne
. St. Nicholas [serial] . t will .go on and on until it reaches thelast tree in the world, far away up in the North ;and so blossom-time sweeps over the earth likea great white, lovely wave. And then hethought: But all the blossoms will not bechanged to fruit, and for ten blossoms on anapple-tree there may be but one apple. After that he remembered how, when he wasa little boy, there was a plum-tree in his fathersgarden, and one spring it was covered withblossoms, but in the autumn there were only afew plums, and he was disappointed and saidGod must have changed his mind. When hegrew up he knew better: he knew that the wayit happened was the best way ; that it takes agreat many blossoms to make May; that if alLthese blossoms became fruit, it would be toomuch for the tree to bear. Thinking aboutblossoms so much, he began to think aboutpeople : how often they woke up in the morningwith aspirations (that means something likeplans) as beautiful as the blossoms on the trees,and hoped to do many things; but at night. when the apple-tree is in bloom and we are having tea beneath the branches. 1061 1062 THE APPLE-TREE. [Oct. they found perhaps they had done only onething, and that not a very important one, either,and so they felt discouraged and was wrong. People should remember thatthe beautiful things they wish to do, and tryto do, but for some reason never can do, are
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