. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . lossoms, the fruit, all were sugar. The two wanderersstood at the gate and gazed through; they would haveliked vastly to get in if only it had not been shut. «Justsee,» said the man to his wife, a what fine white sandthe paths are strewed with.» «I believe it is sugar,))answered the wife, (rand I must try it.» Then she wether finger and put it through the gate into the white sandand tasted of it: she was not mistaken, it tasted sweet,it was really sugar. The woman would have been de-lighted to fill her pockets with the sugar for she could no
. The black aunt. Stories and legends for children . lossoms, the fruit, all were sugar. The two wanderersstood at the gate and gazed through; they would haveliked vastly to get in if only it had not been shut. «Justsee,» said the man to his wife, a what fine white sandthe paths are strewed with.» «I believe it is sugar,))answered the wife, (rand I must try it.» Then she wether finger and put it through the gate into the white sandand tasted of it: she was not mistaken, it tasted sweet,it was really sugar. The woman would have been de-lighted to fill her pockets with the sugar for she could notoften buy any, the egg trade brought in so little money;and she often had to drink her coffee without any sugarat all, but the lattice work was too close and she couldnot get her hand through. At last the man said: « Let usclimb upon the gate so that we can get a good look atthe inside there.)) So they set their baskets down andclimbed upon the latticed gate and looked into the gardenwhich was more splendid than anything they had ever 7* 100. 5een. By climbing up they had got so near lo the nutand sugar trees that thev saw a great nest with a beautiful After they had looked at eve-the sugar work on the treeand reached out their hands to take some. But as they great, white, egg in itrvthins both wanted to try 101 did so, all the birds in the garden came flying up andcried: «Dont do it! Dont do it.» This frightened themand they drew back their hands; but as soon as the birdshad flown away again they reached out once more forsome of the sweet things; the birds came quickly backagain and cried: «Dont do it! Dont do it.» They didnot like this at all, and the man said: ((After all theyare nothing, but silly birds. I must at least have a bignut off the tree here.» «Yes,» said the wife, «and Illtake this great egg out of the nest.» So he took a nutand she the egg notwithstanding the birds cried with alltheir might: «Dont do it! Dont do it! Dont do it!» The nut dealer
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