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Serene and beautiful it grew, until now it was no longer a little tree, but the pride and glory of the forest. One day the tree heard some one coming through the forest. SERENE AND BEAUTIFUL IT GREW UNTIL NOW IT WAS NO LONGER A LITTLE TREE BUT THE PRIDE AND GLORY OF THE FOREST ONE DAY THE TREE HEARD SOME ONE COMING THROUGH THE FOREST
 tree and sing it their prettiest songs. No danger ever menaced it, no harm threatened; for the angel never slept,--through the day and through the night the angel watched the little tree and protected it from all evil. Oftentimes the trees talked with the angel; but of course they understood little of what he said, for he spoke always of the Child who was to become the Master; and always when thus he talked, he caressed the little tree, and stroked its branches and leaves, and moistened them with his tears. It all was so very strange that none in the forest could understand. So the years passed, the angel watching his blooming charge. Sometimes the beasts strayed toward the little tree and threatened to devour its tender foliage; sometimes the woodman came with his axe, intent upon hewing down the straight and comely thing; sometimes the hot, consuming breath of drought swept from the south, and sought to blight the forest and all its verdure: the angel kept them from the little tree. R TO KISS THE LITTLE TREE AND SING IT THEIR PRETTIEST SONGS NO DANGER EVER MENACED IT NO HARM THREATENED FOR THE ANGEL NEVER SLEPT THROUGH THE DAY AND THROUGH THE NIGHT AND THE ANGEL WATCHED THE LITTLE TREE AND PROTECTED IT FROM ALL EVIL OFTENTIMES THE TREES TALKED WITH THE ANGEL BUT OF COURSE THEY UNDERSTOOD LITTLE OF WHAT HE SAID FOR HE SPOKE ALWAYS OF THE CHILD WHO WAS TO BECOME THE MASTER AND ALWAYS WHEN THUS HE TALKED HE CARESSED HIS LITTLE TREE AND STROKED ITS BRANCHES IN LEAVES AND MOISTENED THEM WITH HIS TEARS IT ALL WAS SO VERY STRANGE THAT NONE IN THE FOREST COULD UNDERSTAND SO THE YEARS PASSED THE ANGEL WATCHING HIS BLOOMING CHARGE SOMETIMES THE BEASTS STRAYED TOWARD THE LITTLE TREE AND THREATENED TO DEVOUR ITS TENDER FOLIAGE SOMETIMES THE WOODMAN CAME WITH HIS AXE INTENT UPON HEWING DOWN THE STRAIGHT AND COMELY THING SOMETIMES THE HOT CONSUMING BREATH OF DROUGHT SWEPT FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUGHT TO BLIGHT THE FOREST AND ALL ITS VERDURE THE ANGEL KEPT THEM FROM THE LITTLE TREE
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