. Stories for the household . s struckroot, said* Molly. That wont do at all. I did it with my flowers;but only twice. I wanted to see if they were growing — and I didntknow auy better then—and the plants withered. Anthony took away the flower-pot, and every morning, the wholewinter through, he looked at it; but nothing was to be seen but theblack earth. At length, however, the spring came, and the sun shonewarm again; and two little green leaves came up out of the pot. The Old Bachelors Nightcap. 285 Those are for me and Molly, said the boy. Thats beautiful—thats marvellously beautiful! Soon
. Stories for the household . s struckroot, said* Molly. That wont do at all. I did it with my flowers;but only twice. I wanted to see if they were growing — and I didntknow auy better then—and the plants withered. Anthony took away the flower-pot, and every morning, the wholewinter through, he looked at it; but nothing was to be seen but theblack earth. At length, however, the spring came, and the sun shonewarm again; and two little green leaves came up out of the pot. The Old Bachelors Nightcap. 285 Those are for me and Molly, said the boy. Thats beautiful—thats marvellously beautiful! Soon a third leaf made its appearance. Whom did that represent ?Tes, and there came another, and yet another. Day by day and weekby week they grew larger, and the plant began to take the form of areal tree. And all this was now mirrored in a single tear, which waswiped away and disappeared ; but it might come again from its sourcein the heart of old Anthony. In the neighbourhood of Eisenach a row of stony mountains rises IMPERTINENT MOLLY. One of these mountains is round in outline, and lifts itself above therest, naked and without tree, bush, or grass. It is called the VenusMount. In this mountain dwells Lady Venus, one of the deities of theheathen times. She is also called Lady Holle; and every child in andaround Eisenach has heard about her. She it was who lured Tannhauser,the noble knight and minstrel, from the circle of the singers of theWartburg into her mountain. Little Molly and Anthony often stood by this mountain; and onceMolly said, You may knock and say, Lady Holle, open the door—Tannhauseris here! Stories for the Household. But Anthony did not dare. Molly, however, did it, though she onlysaid the words Lady Holle, Lady Holle ! aloud and distinctly ; therest she muttered so indistinctly that Anthony felt convinced she hadnot really said anything; and yet she looked as bold and saucy —as saucy as when she sometimes came round him with otherlittle
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