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"Indeed! and why not?" cried a child's voice. "Will you not let me watch with you for the coming of the prince?" INDEED AND WHY NOT CRIED A CHILD'S VOICE WILL YOU NOT LET ME WATCH WITH YOU FOR THE COMING OF THE PRINCE
orrow," said the pine-tree, "but not until the day dawns, and it is still all dark in the east." "Yes," said the fir-tree, "the east is black, and only the wind and the snow issue from it." "Keep your head out of my way!" cried the pine-tree to the fir; "with your constant bobbing around I can hardly see at all." "Take _that_ for your bad manners," retorted the fir, slapping the pine-tree savagely with one of her longest branches. The pine-tree would put up with no such treatment, so he hurled his largest cone at the fir; and for a moment or two it looked as if there were going to be a serious commotion in the forest. "Hush!" cried the vine in a startled tone; "there is some one coming through the forest." The pine-tree and the fir stopped quarrelling, and the snowdrop nestled closer to the vine, while the vine hugged the pine-tree very tightly. All were greatly alarmed. "Nonsense!" said the pine-tree, in a tone of assumed bravery. "No one would venture into the forest at such an hour. T THE PRINCE SAID THE VINE YES HE IS TO COME ON THE MORROW SAID THE PINE TREE BUT NOT UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND IT IS STILL ALL DARK IN THE EAST YES SAID THE FIR TREE THE EAST IS BLACK AND ONLY THE WIND AND THE SNOW ISSUE FROM IT KEEP YOUR HEAD OUT OF MY WAY CRIED THE PINE TREE TO THE FIR WITH YOUR CONSTANT BOBBING AROUND I CAN HARDLY SEE AT ALL TAKE THAT FOR YOUR BAD MANNERS RETORTED THE FIR SLAPPING THE PINE TREE SAVAGELY WITH ONE OF HER LONGEST BRANCHES THE PINE TREE WOULD PUT UP WITH NO SUCH TREATMENT SO HE HURLED HIS LARGEST CONE AT THE FIR AND FOR A MOMENT OR TWO IT LOOKED AS IF THERE WERE GOING TO BE A SERIOUS COMMOTION IN THE FOREST HUSH CRIED THE VINE IN A STARTLED TONE THERE IS SOMEONE COMING THROUGH THE FOREST THE PINE TREE IN THE FIR STOPPED QUARRELING AND THE SNOWDROP NESTLED CLOSER TO THE VINE WHILE THE VINE HUGGED THE PINE TREE VERY TIGHTLY ALL WERE GREATLY ALARMED NONSENSE SAID THE PINE TREE IN A TONE OF ASSUMED BRAVERY NO ONE WOULD VENTURE INTO THE FOREST AT SUCH AN HOUR
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