. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . the battle, and besides she eould not stir from the placefor the child in her sleep had seized hold of her littledress and held it fast. Then the cock crowed for the thirdtune and the dwarfs had to fly, for they dare not stay inthe dwellings of man after the third crow of the cockThey slipped out at a crack of the doer but had to leavetheir beloved queen behind, for she was held fast by thesleeping child and Nutcracker had taken his stand beforeher and flourished his sword like a madman so that noneof the dwarfs dared to come near him. At la
. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . the battle, and besides she eould not stir from the placefor the child in her sleep had seized hold of her littledress and held it fast. Then the cock crowed for the thirdtune and the dwarfs had to fly, for they dare not stay inthe dwellings of man after the third crow of the cockThey slipped out at a crack of the doer but had to leavetheir beloved queen behind, for she was held fast by thesleeping child and Nutcracker had taken his stand beforeher and flourished his sword like a madman so that noneof the dwarfs dared to come near him. At last all became 444 quiet again and the child let go of Dollys dress andturned to sleep on the other side. Dolly got down fromthe chair and sat with Nutcracker in a corner and eachtold the other everything that had happened since theirflight from the house of their foster The next morning as the little girl awoke she was ex-ceedingly surprised to see such a little creature sittingbeside Nutcracker. She called her little brother and bothasked Dolly where she had come from. Dolly told themthe whole story and the children could not enough win-der at what they heard. But Dolly was neat and prettyand what she told them was so wonderful and Nutcrackerwas so merry on account of her arrival that the childrenwere perfectly happy with their new playmate and sooncould not do without Nutcracker and Sugardolly. SEVENTH CHAPTER. HOW NUTCRACKER AND SUGARDOLLY LIVE AT THE CASTLE ANDWHAT FINALLY BECOMES OF THEM. hus after their long separation Nutcracker and Sugar-dolly were together again and lived happily with thechildren in the castle. Dolly was especially beloved bythem on account of the pretty songs that she used to singwhich she had learned in the forest and the meadow fromthe birds and bees and gold bugs, and on account of themany beautiful things that she could
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