Now, when the two sisters saw little Two Eyes carried away by the
handsome young knight, they were overjoyed at their good fortune. "The
wonderful tree belongs to us now," they said; "even if we cannot break
off a branch, yet everybody who passes will stop to admire it, and
make acquaintance with us, and, who knows? we may get husbands after
all."
But when they rose the next morning, lo! the tree had vanished, and
with it all their hopes. And on this very morning, when little Two
Eyes looked out of her chamber window of the castle, she saw, to her
great joy, that the tree had followed her.
Little Two Eyes lived for a long time in great happiness; but she
heard nothing of her sisters, till one day two poor women came to
the castle, to beg for alms. Little Two Eyes saw them, and, looking
earnestly in their faces, she recognized her two sisters, who had
become so poor that they were obliged to beg their bread from door to
door.
But the good sister received them most kindly, and promised to take
care of them and give them all they wanted. And then they did indeed
repent and feel sorry for having treated her so badly in their
youthful days.
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THE MUSICIANS OF BREMEN
BY WILHELM AND JAKOB GRIMM
A certain man had a donkey that had served him faithfully for many
long years, but whose strength was so far gone that at last he was
quite unfit for work.
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