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Now I can do no more for you than the mouse for the lion at the beginning of the story. But the story had an end, you remember, and some day it may be in my power to help you. Promise to send for me." The girl laughed merrily. "The King of Spain's daughter," she quoted, "Came to visit me, And all for the love Of my little nut-tree."
A low fence of withy had long since decayed, nothing but a few rotten stakes remaining at the very verge of the precipice. Steep as it was, there were some ledges that the rabbits frequented, making their homes in mid-air. Further along, the slope, a little less perpendicular, was covered with nut-tree bushes, where you could scramble down by holding to the boughs.
He soon found her resting under the shadow of a large nut-tree, and the following conversation took place between them, as he afterwards many times related: "Alas, gracious Prince, why do you follow me? if your lady mother knew of this we should both suffer. My head ached after all that firing, and therefore I came hither to enjoy a little rest and quietness. Leave me, leave me, my gracious lord."
"Here another angel interrupted the little narrator with the question: 'Do you mean the nut-tree in Dorbstadt? and, receiving an answer in the affirmative, he cried: 'I, Master, I am that old carpenter, and during my last summers, I had no greater pleasure than to sit by the Fresh Spring under the nut-tree, and while I smoked my pipe to think of my old wife, whom I was soon to find again with you.
At this she ceased to weep, but she shook her head gently her hair being chained impeded her motion, and answered sadly. "My enemy is too powerful. You are young and beautiful, and the darling, perhaps, of a loving mother at home, I cannot bear that you should suffer the same fate as the others. Behold that nut-tree over there!
"Here another angel interrupted the little narrator with the question: 'Do you mean the nut-tree in Dorbstadt? and, receiving an answer in the affirmative, he cried: 'I, Master, I am that old carpenter, and during my last summers, I had no greater pleasure than to sit by the Fresh Spring under the nut-tree, and while I smoked my pipe to think of my old wife, whom I was soon to find again with you.
At this she ceased to weep, but she shook her head gently her hair being chained impeded her motion, and answered sadly. "My enemy is too powerful. You are young and beautiful, and the darling, perhaps, of a loving mother at home, I cannot bear that you should suffer the same fate as the others. Behold that nut-tree over there!
Immediately a tall nut-tree grew up, whereon the bird rested, and then carried them home, where they found their child, who had grown tall and beautiful, and they lived thenceforth happily until their death. 89 The Goose-Girl THERE was once upon a time an old Queen whose husband had been dead for many years, and she had a beautiful daughter.
Both children were soon tightly wedged into the nut-tree seat, and Jackie at once began to examine his package; watching his face, Mary could see that he was surprised when the clog appeared, though he tried to hide it by another grin. "Thank you," he whispered. "It's the only thing I had," explained Mary hurriedly. "I meant to give you such a nice thing. I saved my money, and I had enough.
Looking round the bush, I now saw the pheasant in the hedge, that crossed at right angles in front; this was fortunate, because through that hedge there was another meadow. It was full of nut-tree bushes, very tall and thick at the top, but lower down thin, as is usually the case when poles grow high.
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