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Barbara trudged toward the forest. When she came to the city gate the watchman stopped her, and held his big lantern in her face, and asked her who she was and where she was going. BARBARA TRUDGED TOWARD THE FOREST WHEN SHE CAME TO THE CITY GATE THE WATCHMAN STOPPED HER AND HELD HIS BIG LANTERN IN HER FACE AND ASKED HER WHO SHE WAS AND WHERE SHE WAS GOING
 She began to cry. Some great people were entering the cathedral at the time, and they laughed to see her falling. "Have you seen the prince?" inquired a snowflake, alighting on Barbara's cheek. It was the same little snowflake that had clung to her shawl an hour ago, when the wind came galloping along on his boisterous search. "Ah, no!" sighed Barbara in tears; "but what cares the prince for _me_?" "Do not speak so bitterly," said the little snowflake. "Go to the forest and you shall see him, for the prince always comes through the forest to the city." Despite the cold, and her bruises, and her tears, Barbara smiled. In the forest she could behold the prince coming on his way; and he would not see her, for she would hide among the trees and vines. "Whirr-r-r, whirr-r-r!" It was the mischievous, romping wind once more; and it fluttered Barbara's tattered shawl, and set her hair to streaming in every direction, and swept the snowflake from her cheek and sent it spinning through the air. H AND THE CHILD FELL HALF WAY DOWN THE ICY STEPS OF THE CATHEDRAL SHE BEGAN TO CRY SOME GREAT PEOPLE WERE ENTERING THE CATHEDRAL AT THE TIME AND THEY LAUGHED TO SEE HER FALLING HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRINCE INQUIRED A SNOWFLAKE ALIGHTING ON BARBARA'S CHEEK IT WAS THE SAME LITTLE SNOWFLAKE THAT HAD CLUNG TO HER SHAWL AN HOUR AGO WHEN THE WIND CAME GALLOPING ALONG ON HIS BOISTEROUS SEARCH AH NO SIGHED BARBAR IN TEARS BUT WHAT CARES THE PRINCE FOR ME DO NOT SPEAK SO BITTERLY SAID THE LITTLE SNOWFLAKE GO TO THE FOREST AND YOU SHALL SEE HIM FOR THE PRINCE ALWAYS COMES THROUGH THE FOREST TO THE CITY DESPITE THE COLD AND HER BRUISES AND HER TEARS BARBARA SMILED IN THE FOREST SHE COULD BEHOLD THE PRINCE COMING ON HIS WAY AND HE WOULD NOT SEE HER FOR SHE WOULD HIDE AMONG THE TREES AND VINES IT WAS THE MISCHIEVOUS ROMPING WIND ONCE MORE AND IT FLUTTERED BARBARA'S TATTERED SHAWL AND SET HER HAIR TO STREAMING IN EVERY DIRECTION AND SWEPT THE SNOWFLAKE FROM HER CHEEK AND SENT IT SPINNING THROUGH THE AIR
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