. Stories for the household . PETERS BETURX. sound limbs, a thing the mother had not dreamt. And what a rejoicingwas there ! They laughed and they wept; and Peter embraced the oldFire-drum. There stands the old skeleton still! he said. And the father beat a roll upon it. One would think that a great fire had broken out here, said theFire-drum. Bright day! fire in the heart! golden treasure ! skrat!skr-r-at! skr-r-r-r-at! And what then ? What then !—Ask the town musician. Peters far outgrowing the drum, he said. Peter will be greaterthan I. And yet he was the son of a royal plate-washer; but al
. Stories for the household . PETERS BETURX. sound limbs, a thing the mother had not dreamt. And what a rejoicingwas there ! They laughed and they wept; and Peter embraced the oldFire-drum. There stands the old skeleton still! he said. And the father beat a roll upon it. One would think that a great fire had broken out here, said theFire-drum. Bright day! fire in the heart! golden treasure ! skrat!skr-r-at! skr-r-r-r-at! And what then ? What then !—Ask the town musician. Peters far outgrowing the drum, he said. Peter will be greaterthan I. And yet he was the son of a royal plate-washer; but all that he hadlearned iu half a lifetime, Peter learned in half a THE FIEE-DECil HOT FOEGOTTEN. There was something so merry about him, something so truly kindhearted. His eyes gleamed, and his hair gleamed too—there was nodenying that! He ought to have his hair dyed, said the neighbours wife. Thatanswered capitally with the policemans daughter, and she got a husband. But her hair turned as green as duckweed, and was always havingto be coloured up. She knows how to manage for herself, said the neighbours, andso can Peter. He comes to the most genteel houses, even to the burgo-masters, where he gives Miss Charlotte pianoforte lessons. He could play ! He could play, fresh out of his heart, the most charm-ing pieces, that had never been put upon music-paper. He played inthe bright nights, and in the dark nights too. The neighbours declaredit was unbearable, and the Fire-drum was of the same opinion. 8i3 StoriesJor the Household He played until his thoughts soared up, and burst forth in greatplans for the future : To be famous ! And burgomasters Charl
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