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It all was so very strange that none in the forest could understand. So the years passed, the angel watching his blooming charge. IT ALL WAS SO VERY STRANGE THAT NONE IN THE FOREST COULD UNDERSTAND SO THE YEARS PASSED THE ANGEL WATCHING HIS BLOOMING CHARGE
 it is sacred, and no harm shall come to it." The little tree felt quite relieved by this assurance, and it held up its head more confidently than ever before. And how it thrived and grew, and waxed in strength and beauty! The cedars said they never had seen the like. The sun seemed to lavish its choicest rays upon the little tree, heaven dropped its sweetest dew upon it, and the winds never came to the forest that they did not forget their rude manners and linger 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 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. RD THIS LITTLE TREE FOR IT IS SACRED AND NO HARM SHALL COME TO IT THE LITTLE TREE FELT QUITE RELIEVED BY THIS ASSURANCE AND IT HELD UP ITS HEAD MORE CONFIDENTLY THAN EVER BEFORE AND HOW IT THRIVED AND GREW AND WAXED IN STRENGTH AND BEAUTY THE CEDAR SAID THEY NEVER HAD SEEN THE LIKE THE SUN SEEMED TO LAVISH ITSHOICEST RAYS UPON THE LITTLE TREE HEAVEN DROPPED ITS SWEETEST DEW UPON IT AND THE WINDS NEVER CAME TO THE FOREST THAT THEY DID NOT FORGET THEIR RUDE MANNERS AND LINGER 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
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