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"It is very cold," said Barbara. "My hands and feet are like ice." Then the pine tree and the fir shook down the snow from their broad boughs, and the snow fell upon Barbara and covered her like a white mantle. IT IS VERY COLD SAID BARBARA MY HANDS AND FEET ARE LIKE ICE THEN THE PINE TREE AND THE FIR SHOOK DOWN THE SNOW FROM THEIR BROAD BOUGHS AND THE SNOW FELL UPON BARBARA AND COVERED HER LIKE A WHITE MANTLE
"Yes, the prince will come through the forest," said the little snowdrop gleefully. "Fear not, dear Barbara, we shall behold the prince in all his glory," cried the snowflake. Then all at once there was a strange hub-bub in the forest; for it was midnight, and the spirits came from their hiding-places to prowl about and to disport themselves. Barbara beheld them all in great wonder and trepidation, for she had never before seen the spirits of the forest, although she had often heard of them. It was a marvellous sight. [Illustration: So Barbara fell asleep.] "Fear nothing," whispered the vine to Barbara,--"fear nothing, for they dare not touch you." The antics of the wood-spirits continued but an hour; for then a cock crowed, and immediately thereat, with a wondrous scurrying, the elves and the gnomes and the other grotesque spirits sought their abiding-places in the caves and in the hollow trunks and under the loose bark of the trees. And then it was very quiet once more in the forest.  SHALL SEE HIM FIRST WHISPERED THE VINE REASSURINGLY YES THE PRINCE WILL COME THROUGH THE FOREST SAID THE LITTLE SNOWDROP GLEEFULLY FEAR NOT DEAR BARBARA WE SHALL BEHOLD THE PRINCE IN ALL HIS GLORY CRIED THE SNOWFLAKE THEN ALL AT ONCE THERE WAS A STRANGE HUBBUB IN THE FOREST FOR IT WAS MIDNIGHT AND THE SPIRITS CAME FROM THEIR HIDING PLACES TO PROWL ABOUT AND TO DISPORT THEMSELVES BARBARA BEHELD THEM ALL IN GREAT WONDER AND TREPIDATION FOR SHE HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST ALTHOUGH SHE HAD OFTEN HEARD OF THEM IT WAS A MARVELLOUS SIGHT SO BARBARA FELL ASLEEP FEAR NOTHING WHISPERED THE VINE TO BARBARA FEAR NOTHING FOR THEY DARE NOT TOUCH YOU THE ANTICS OF THE WOOD SPIRITS CONTINUED BUT AN HOUR FOR THEN A COCK CROWED AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAT WITH A WONDROUS SCURRYING THE ELVES AND THE GNOMES AND THE OTHER GROTESQUE SPIRITS SOUGHT THEIR ABIDING PLACES IN THE CAVES AND IN THE HOLLOW TRUNKS AND UNDER THE LOOSE BARK OF THE TREES AND IN IT WAS VERY QUIET ONCE MORE IN THE FOREST
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