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They wander about among the tall dark firs or beneath the great trees beyond. THEY WANDER ABOUT AMONG THE TALL DARK FIRS OR BENEATH THE GREAT TREES BEYOND
ew mother move a little, and then say to herself " I must break open the door with my tail." 46 ANYHOW STORIES. [STORY For one terrible moment all was still, but in it the children could almost hear her lift up her tail, and then, with a fearful blow, the little painted door was cracked and splintered. With a shriek the children darted from the spot and fled through the cottage, and out at the back door into the forest beyond. All night long they stayed in the darkness and the cold, and all the next day and the next, and all through the cold, dreary days and the long dark nights that followed. They are there still, my children. All through the long weeks and months have they been there, with only green rushes for their pillows and only the brown dead leaves to cover them, feeding on the wild strawberries in the summer, or on the nuts when they hang green ; on the blackberries when they are no longer sour in the autumn, and in the winter on the little red berries that ripen in the snow. E TWO CHILDREN HEARD THROUGH THE THIN WOODEN DOOR THE NEW MOTHER MOVE A LITTLE AND THEN SAY TO HERSELF I MUST BREAK THE DOOR OPEN WITH MY TAIL FOR ONE TERRIBLE MOMENT ALL WAS STILL BUT IN IT THE CHILDREN COULD ALMOST HEAR HER LIFT UP HER TAIL AND THEN WITH A FEARFUL BLOW THE LITTLE PAINTED DOOR CRACKED AND SPLINTERED WITH A SHRIEK THE CHILDREN DARTED FROM THE SPOT AND FLED THROUGH THE COTTAGE AND OUT AT THE BACK DOOR INTO THE FOREST BEYOND ALL NIGHT LONG THEY STAYED IN THE DARKNESS AND THE COLD AND ALL THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT AND ALL THROUGH THE COLD DREARY DAYS AND THE LONG DARK NIGHTS THAT FOLLOWED THEY ARE THERE STILL MY CHILDREN ALL THROUGH THE LONG WEEKS AND MONTHS THEY HAVE BEEN THERE WITH ONLY GREEN RUSHES FOR THEIR PILLOWS AND ONLY THE BROWN DEAD LEAVES TO COVER THEM FEEDING ON THE WILD STRAWBERRIES IN THE SUMMER OR ON THE NUTS WHEN THEY HANG GREEN ON THE BLACKBERRIES WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER SOUR IN THE AUTUMN AND IN THE WINTER ON THE LITTLE RED BERRIES THAT RIPEN IN THE SNOW
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