Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894, Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 400
on the young mans heart. Oh, how that heart beats ! thelittle elf could not go to sleep, it thumped so. But not long did the rose rest undisturbed on that breast. The mantook it out, and as he went lonely through the wood, he kissed theflower so often and so fervently that the little elf was almost… … THE GIRL AND THE FLOWEK-POT. of the pretty maiden. He drew out a sharp knife, and while the otherkissed the rose the bad man stabbed him to death, and then, cuttingoff his head, buried both head and body in the soft earth under thelinden tree. Now hes forgotten and gone ! thought the wicked brother…
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