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"No," cried the pine tree, "look to the east and see the Christmas day a dawning! The prince is coming, and his pathway is through the forest!" The storm had ceased. Snow lay upon all the earth. The hills, the forest, the city, and the meadows were white with the robe the storm king had thrown over them. Content with his wondrous work, the storm king himself had fled to his far Northern home before the dawn of the Christmas day. NO CRIED THE PINE TREE LOOK TO THE EAST AND SEE THE CHRISTMAS DAY A DAWNING THE PRINCE IS COMING AND HIS PATHWAY IS THROUGH THE FOREST THE STORM HAD CEASED SNOW LAY UPON ALL THE EARTH THE HILLS THE FOREST THE CITY AND THE MEADOWS WERE WHITE WITH THE ROBE THE STORM KING HAD THROWN OVER THEM CONTENT WITH HIS WONDROUS WORK THE STORM KING HIMSELF HAD FLED TO HIS FAR NORTHERN HOME BEFORE THE DAWN OF THE CHRISTMAS DAY
 then a cock crowed, and immediately thereat, with a wondrous scurrying, the elves and the gnomes and the other grotesque spirits sought their abiding-places in the caves and in the hollow trunks and under the loose bark of the trees. And then it was very quiet once more in the forest. "It is very cold," said Barbara. "My hands and feet are like ice." Then the pine-tree and the fir shook down the snow from their broad boughs, and the snow fell upon Barbara and covered her like a white mantle. "You will be warm now," said the vine, kissing Barbara's forehead. And Barbara smiled. Then the snowdrop sang a lullaby about the moss that loved the violet. And Barbara said, "I am going to sleep; will you wake me when the prince comes through the forest?" And they said they would. So Barbara fell asleep. III "The bells in the city are ringing merrily," said the fir, "and the music in the cathedral is louder and more beautiful than before. Can it be that the prince has already come into the city? THE WOOD SPIRITS CONTINUED BUT AN HOUR FOR THEN A COCK CROWED AND IMMEDIATELY THEREAT WITH A WONDROUS SCURRYING THE ELVES AND THE GNOMES AND THE OTHER GROTESQUE SPIRITS SOUGHT THEIR ABIDING PLACES IN THE CAVES AND IN THE HOLLOW TRUNKS AND UNDER THE LOOSE BARK OF THE TREES AND IN IT WAS VERY QUIET ONCE MORE IN THE FOREST IT IS VERY COLD SAID BARBARA MY HANDS AND FEET ARE LIKE ICE THEN THE PINE TREE AND THE FIR SHOOK DOWN THE SNOW FROM THEIR BROAD BOUGHS AND THE SNOW FELL UPON BARBARA AND COVERED HER LIKE A WHITE MANTLE YOU'LL BE WARM NOW SAID THE VINE KISSING BARBARA'S FOREHEAD AND BARBARA SMILED THEN THE SNOWDROP SANG A LULLABY ABOUT THE MOSS THAT LOVED THE VIOLET AND BARBARA SAID I AM GOING TO SLEEP WILL YOU WAKE ME WHEN THE PRINCE COMES THROUGH THE FOREST AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD SO BARBARA FELL ASLEEP THE BELLS IN THIS CITY ARE RINGING MERRILY SAID THE FIR AND THE MUSIC IN THE CATHEDRAL IS LOUDER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN BEFORE CAN IT BE THAT THE PRINCE HAS ALREADY COME INTO THE CITY
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