Finikin and his gold pippin. An original tale (1852)
Chatelain, Clara de, 1807-1876 · Boston, Crosby, Nichols · leaf 37
the money withouthis mother^s knowledge; at last a thought struck him. He tookhis dear pot of pinks, which was now in full bloom, and carried itto his mother to smell, and then took it out to wash the leaves, ashe said. He w^as scarcely out of the door when he turned towardsthe wall of the town,… … tifully in the sunshine, he quite forgot to ofler it to the passers-by.When any one passing said, What a beautiful flower \ he drewOack, for fear of being obliged to separate from it. Thus he sat fora long time, while the sun sank down lower and lower; suddenlyhe looked up at it quite frightened,…
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