Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 · London : G. Bell · leaf 435
scharming to find that one is not forgotten ! Charming, indeed ! cried something close by,—no onebut the Tin-soldier recognised the thing that spoke; it was aShred from the old leather hangings, the gilding was all wornoff, and it looked like a clod of moist earth: still it held byits former good… … THE FLAX. THE Flax was in full bloom. Its pretty blue blossomswere as soft as the wings of a moth, and still moredelicate. And the sun shone on the flax-field, and the rainwatered it; and that was as good for the flax-flowers as it isfor little children to be washed and kissed by their mother,—they…
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