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"What are they doing at the cathedral?" inquired Barbara. "Why, haven't you heard?" exclaimed the snowflake. "I supposed everybody knew that the prince was coming to morrow." WHAT ARE THEY DOING AT THE CATHEDRAL INQUIRED BARBARA WHY HAVEN'T YOU HEARD EXCLAIMED THE SNOWFLAKE I SUPPOSE EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THE PRINCE WAS COMING TO MORROW
of the city that Christmas eve, turning umbrellas inside out, driving the snow in fitful gusts before it, creaking the rusty signs and shutters, and playing every kind of rude prank it could think of. "How cold your breath is to-night!" said Barbara, with a shiver, as she drew her tattered little shawl the closer around her benumbed body. "Whirr-r-r! whirr-r-r! whirr-r-r!" answered the wind; "but why are you out in this storm? You should be at home by the warm fire." "I have no home," said Barbara; and then she sighed bitterly, and something like a tiny pearl came in the corner of one of her sad blue eyes. But the wind did not hear her answer, for it had hurried up the street to throw a handful of snow in the face of an old man who was struggling along with a huge basket of good things on each arm. "Why are you not at the cathedral?" asked a snowflake, as it alighted on Barbara's shoulder. "I heard grand music, and saw beautiful lights there as I floated down from the sky a moment ago.  WERE SAID THE WIND AND IT TORE THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CITY THAT CHRISTMAS EVE TURNING UMBRELLAS INSIDE OUT DRIVING THE SNOW IN FITFUL GUSTS BEFORE IT CREAKING THE RUSTY SIGNS AND SHUTTERS AND PLAYING EVERY KIND OF RUDE PRANK IT COULD THINK OF HOW COLD YOUR BREATH IS TO NIGHT SAID BARBARA WITH A SHIVER AS SHE DREW HER TATTERED LITTLE SHAWL THE CLOSER AROUND HER BENUMBED BODY WHIR WHIR WHIR ANSWERED THE WIND BUT WHY ARE YOU OUT IN THIS STORM YOU SHOULD BE AT HOME BY THE WARM FIRE I HAVE NO HOME SAID BARBARA AND THEN SHE SIGHED BITTERLY AND SOMETHING LIKE A TINY PEARL CAME IN THE CORNER OF ONE OF HER SAD BLUE EYES BUT THE WIND DID NOT HEAR HER ANSWER FOR IT HAD HURRIED UP THE STREET TO THROW A HANDFUL OF SNOW IN THE FACE OF AN OLD MAN WHO WAS STRUGGLING ALONG WITH A HUGE BASKET OF GOOD THINGS ON EACH ARM WHY ARE YOU NOT AT THE CATHEDRAL ASKED A SNOWFLAKE AS IT ALIGHTED ON BARBARA'S SHOULDER I HEARD GRAND MUSIC AND SAW BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS THERE AS I FLOATED DOWN FROM THE SKY A MOMENT AGO
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