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    Te EON. ENGLISH é SHORT 4 STORIES i ENGLISH 7 b SHORT ee L STORIES CONTENTS, ‘THE TINDER-BOX’ ‘These came a soldier marching along the bigh road? fl, righ! Mft, right ead bis Knapeack” on his bck and a sabre! by his side, for be had been ont So ‘the wats, and now he wanted to-go. home, And on the vwny be met with an old wiles abe war very hous", id her botom lp hung doves upon ber east She sid, ‘Good evening, soldier. What ® fe sword you have, ‘and what a big koapsack! You're «proper soldier! Now you shall have as mach money a you Like fo fave,” “1 thank sou, you old witch!” sal the soldier. Do you see thal great tree? sd the witch; aud she pointed to a tice which stood beside them. "Ite quite hollow inside, You must elim tothe top, and then you'l fee a hole, through which you can let yours down and ft dcop into the tre. Tl te @ rope round your body, 0 that Team pall you up again when you call me.” "What am Ito do down inthe tre?” asked the vole, ‘Get money,” replied the wish. “Listen to me. When you come dows tothe earth under the tre, you wil ind {ouret na great halls ie quite ght, for above three hundred lamps sre boraing there. Then you will ee three ors; these you can open, forthe keys are hanging there 1 you go inte the frst chamber, you'l see a great chest ‘nthe tddle of the Door; on this chest site a dog, and he's got a pale of eyes as big ar tno teweupe, Bal you need not care for that, Tl! give you my Bluechecked rye, antng, Morte, Mabel eka, Meg, el ‘et ty, te Montera sproa'; and you eam spread Sout upon the oor; then 0 ep quickly and tke the dog, and set him on my Sproa: then open tho cher, and take at many shiliogs 8 you lke. They are of copper; Ifyou prefer siver, you fast go into the second chamber. ‘But thee sls a dog with a pair of open as big as millwheds. But do not Jou cate for that. Set him pen may apres, and take ome af the money, And if you waat gold, you ean have {hat toomin fat, as much as you ean extry—if you go ino the third chamber, Bat the dog that sks om the ‘money chest there bas {Wo eyes as ig as round towers re is. ere! dog, you may be sere; but you needn't be ales, forall that Only set him on my aptoa, and ‘he won’ Hirt yoa; and take out of the chest as much {old ae you like.” “That's not 50 bad at what ase to give you, you old with? for you wil not do it for sothing, 1 faney?" “Now” replied the witch, “not a single siling will share. You shall only Bring me an old inder-box which iy grandmother forgot whon sbe was down there las. rope rowad my body,” ered the soldies seid the witch, “and he’s my blac checked apron "Then te soldier climbed ap into the tree let himself stip? dower tata the hole, and stood, ws the witeh ad Sail, in the great hall where the three hundred lamps were burning ‘Now he opened the fist door. Ugh! there sat the dog swith eyes at big as teacups, slaring at im, “You're a fice flow!” exclaimed the soldier; and he sat hm on {he wite’s apron, and took ae many copper shillings pockels would hold, and then locked the chest set {he dog on Tain, and went ino the second chamber, ‘Aiet thee sl the dog with eyes as big ae mil-whees "reine. uh, a og oaks a, de, EH “You should not stare zo hard at me,” sid the soldier, “you might stain? your eye,” And Ie sl the dog upod Ue veites apron, And when he saw the silver money in the chest, be threw away all the copper money he had, hd filled is pockels and his knapmack with silver only. ‘Then he went lato the thd chamber. Oh, but that was fond"! The dog there relly had eyes az big as towers find they taraed round and round in his head tke wheels "Good evening!” said the solder; and he touched his cop" for he had never seen avch # dog a that before When be had looked at hime a lide more closely be ‘Mooght, Tat wil do%” and Lied him down tothe floor, and opened the chest, Morey"! what @ quantity of fold as there! He could buy with it the whole town, fd the sugar sacking pigs" of the cake woman, ond all the tin soldiers, whips, and reekinghorses’ in the whole word. Yes, that was a_quantity of money! Now the Seldior Grew away all the silver col with which he fd filed his pockets end is knapsack and took gold stead: yer, all it pockels, his knapstek, his boot, and his cap were fled, so that be could Seareely walk. Now Indeed be nd plenty of money. He pot the dog on the chest shat the door, and then called up through the te, ‘Now pull se wp, you ald wlth.” “lave you the tase box?” aaked the wit, Ot course!" exelsimed the solder, “1 had clean" forgotten that!" And he went and brought it "The witch drew bin up, and stood on the high road again, with pockets, boots, knapsack, and cap full of gl. "What are you going todo withthe tinder box?” asked the voldiee ‘Thats nothing 1 you" retorted the with "You've ‘bad your money—hust give me the Underbox bond Mek Rael Suen. 0a hn vse sent “Sobre. xe Ogeghese Mat” "Da a Th nema he ge “Nonsense! sad the soldier, “Tell me ditecty* what you're going to do with, or PL draw my sword and fut it Your head." “Nol” cried the with So the soldier ext off Ber head. ‘There sie tay! But he led up all his movey im her apron, oak ito his tek tke a bundle, pat the Underbox in hiv pocket, nd weat straight of towards the tows, “That was a splendid town! And he pot up at the very best fas, and asked for the foest roomty and ordered his favourite dies, for now he wat sie, su he had xo much money. The servant who had to cle bis boots eerainy Aoaght them m remarkably old pai for such arch gel man; but he had not bought aay new ones ye. The next day he procured” proper boots and handsome elothes. Now four solder had become a flae gentleman; and the people {old him of all the splendid things which were in their tity, and about the King, aod what pretty Princess the King’s daughter was, “Where can one get 10 See her?” asked the solder “She is nol to be seen at all” said they, all together “she Ties in great copper calla, with grat many ‘wall and towers round aboet it noone bat the King Tony go in and owt there, for it has heen prophesied that she shall marcy a eommos" toler, andthe King can't Dene tha “ST should like o see her, thoaght the soldier; bat he ould mot get leave to do 20. Now he lived mets, went {o the theatre, drove in the King’s gave, and gave mach money to the poot; aad this was very kind of htm for he knew fom oll times how hard it is when one has not 4 shilling. Now he war vik, had fae clothes, and gained ‘many fends, who all sad he ‘was a rare” one, @ true fnvaler; and’ that pleased the solder ‘well, Ba as he ce yout money every day and never eared any, he bad at Ist oaly 00 shillings Jef and he was obliged t0 tr font of the fine rooms in whee he had fively and had to Inove tor fille guerel? ner the rot, and clean his boots For binelf, and mend! them witha daring needle! None ff bis rend etme to ase him, for there were too many fais to lib. was quity dark one evening, and be could ot even ‘buy himself eandle' whew it occured to him tht there ‘wat a candlesnd in the tndewbor whieh he hed taken font ofthe bollow tre Halo whieh the witeh fad hepa him. He beoaght ost the tinderbox and the candied Iho #4 soon a he strock fre andthe sparks! rose up from the fink, the door lew open, and the dog who had eyes faz big 24 2 couple of tewceps, and whom he had sen Inthe Wee, stood before him, ad said, What are my lords commands"? ‘What is thie?” auld the soldier. “That's @ famous Linderbox, If Team get everything with it that 1 wantt rng me some money,” sald he Yo the dog; and wis’? the dog war goue, end whik! he was back again, with fs great ag fall of ablings in his mouth Now the soldier knew what a capital tinder-box his swan If he struck it once, tbe dog etme who sat upon the chest of copper money; if he struck it two, the dog wwe bd the allvers and ihe struck It thee tes, then Appeared the dog, tho lad the gold Now the solder fmoved hack into the fine rooms, acd appeared again i Tandsonie clothes; and all bis ends Kaew him. again, snd card very mel for him indeed. ‘Oxce he thought to ins "I la very strange thing tat one cannot get to athe Princess. They allay she is very beantifaly lut-wbat isthe ase of that she bas flvays Uo ait In the great copper case with the many a Ent, og ed pak a, ade Sou. ue sinpaMane yn nds, ae Cnmlnge PRK epee tpg Wek ite towers? Gan I not get to soe her at all? Where is mp Yinderbox?” And so he alex light, and whist? came the dog with eyes big as teacups “Stee might, crtainiy®" sald the soldier, “hat 1 shoala yery much like to see the Princess, only or ane ile moment. ‘Anu the dog vas outs the door deetly, und, before ‘ho oldie thought i came back with the Princess, She sat upon the dog's back and slept; and every one could sca she was a eal Prices, forthe was so lovely". ‘The ‘aller could ‘ot help* kissing he, for he was a thorough Soldier. ‘Then the dog ram lack agala wilh the Princess ‘ut when morning came, and the King and Queen were vinking tea, the Princens ead she had had 9 strange ‘ream, the night before, about a dog sad a oldienihat she had ridden apon the dog, and the soldier nd Kised het “that would be a fne story! sald the Queen, So ene of the old Court ties had to watch the next right by the Princes's bed, to see if this was rally a dream, oF what It might be ‘The soldier had a great longing to se the lovely Prine is again: a0 the dog came in the night, took har aay, fnd ran as fast as he could. But the old Indy pat on ‘waterbools, and van just as fost alter him. When she fw that they Both elered s great honse, she thought, Now T know where iis”; and witha bi of chalk? abe rem a gre crore on the oor. Then abe went hone and Jay down, and the dog came ap with the Princess; ‘bat when he saw that there was a cross drawn on the door where the soldier lived, he took = piece of chal too, and drow erosses om ll the doors in the twa. And that ras cleverly done, for now the lady could nat fnd the right door, because all the doors hat croser pon them ego Mg Made ve ma My Me ° ‘he morning early came the King and the Queen, the old Court Indy and all the offers, to see where It tras the Princess had Deen, “Tre it ie?” aaid the King, ‘when he sam the fist door with a cross apon it “Ne, Iny dear hesband, iti here!” aid the Qaoen, who ob- fered" another door which also showed « cross ""Bat hve is one, and here ie cnet said all, for wherever? they Iooked’ there were crores on the doors, 0 they that it would aval" them noting if they searched. Bat the Queen was an exceedingly clever woma, who ould do-moce than ride in a conch’, She took her great fold scissors, cut apiece of sk iato pace, and mae eal litle bag: this bag she filed with fine wheat Nour, fnd ted it om the Princess's back; and when that was Alone, she cat » Title hole in the bag, so tat the four ‘would be seattred along all the way which the Princess ‘Should take Th the night the dog came again, Wook the Princess on ‘ls bac, and eam with her to the Soldier, who loved her very much, and would gladly bave bean 4 Prince, 50 tht the might have ber for his wife The dog did not natice tall how the floor ran out ia a stream from the ease fo the windows of the aoier's house, where be ran up the wall wilh the Princess, Ta the morning the King and Queen saw well enough where thelr daughter had teen, find they took the soldier and. pat him in prison" "There be sat. Oh, Bat i wan dark and disagreesble there! And they a3id 6 bin “Tomorrow yon shall be ‘hanged.”” Tat was not amusing to ea, tnd be fad et his tnderox at the inn. Im the mornag he could see, ‘hrougs the ir bats f the lite window, how the poople were hurrying out of the town to sex him banged. He Teard the drum? teat snd saw the soldiers marching AI! the people were running out, aad among them was & ingle Mache, Phrrombst je, aye, feerdety thing. "rang Stange. rome 0 shootaker's boy wilh slippers, and he galloped so fast {hat one oft alippers. lew of, and came right against the wall where the soldier st looking through the Iron ""Hlloo, you shoomaker's ber! you needn't be in auch 1 harry,” ered the soldier to him not begin {UT come, Bat if you will ron to where I lived, bring me my Hinderbox, you hall have four shillings; ‘bot you mst put your best leg foremost” "The shoemaker's boy wanted to get the four shilings, so he went and brought the tinderbor, and well, We ‘hall Lar now what happened ‘Ovisde the town a grest gallows? had Deon Dail, and round it stood the aldiers aud suany hundred thowsand people. The King and Qucen sat on a splendid® throne, pporite to the Judges! and the vwhole Counc, The flier lready ood apon the der; but ax they were boat to pat the rope Tound his neck. be sid that btore 1 poor etiminal® slfered hit punishment” an inncent® Feques? was slays granted Whim. He wanted very ‘much to smoke 2 pipe of tobacco, as it would be the lst pipe he should smoke in the world. ‘The King would aot Say “No” to this; 40 the soldier ook his tnderox and ‘rack fre. One—tro-three—and there suddenly stood {he dogi—the one with eyes as big as te-eups, the ‘ome with eyes as large a5 mill-wbeels, and the one whose lye ere as big ar round lowers, “Help ame now, so that Tay not be hanged,” sid the soldier "And the doge fll upon the Judge and all the Council scized one by the 19g and another by the nose, and fosed! them all many feet inlo the ait, ao that they {Rll down and were all broken to pices ““Twon't!” ered the King; but the biggest dog took act et ngs Ban fran. Mae Mpg. Demme ‘cers tsa ayy. nea Mt Thad | ‘him and the Quoea and theow them aftor the others ‘Then the soldiers were frail, snd the people ced, “Lite soliier, you shall be our King and marry the eat Princess!” So they pat the saldier lato the King’s coach, and alt ‘the three dogs danced on in front! and esed. Hurrah!” find. the boys whist?” i fliers prevented. seas. Copper easle, and became Queen, and she Hked that well ‘enough. ‘The wedding lasted a week, and the three dogt fab at the table too, and opened their eyes wider than they se ae ek pede Goer AN ADVENTURE’ IN GERMANY {from "Thee Men om he Bammel”) George alo had at adventure at Drenden. There was fs shop near the Allmarkt, In the window of whieh were fxhibited? some cushions for sale. The proper business ofthe shop was hanling f glass and ehiea’; the eeshions fppeared to be in the natere oft an experiment, They ‘wero very Beauifal cushions, hand-embroldered on satin ‘We often passe the shop, and every time George paused and examined those cashions, He seid he thought is ot would like one. George has been very attentive’ to this aunt of b tring the journey. He bas writen er quite along ker every day, and from every ten we stop at he sends ber ‘ff a present. To my mini, he is overdoing th business. Fis aant willbe mestng other aunts, and talking to them; the whole class will become dlsogatised and unruly”. As ‘nephew, T objet to the imposibe standard that George 4 Slting up. But he will not listen ‘Therefore it was that on the Saturday he ef us ater twsch, saying he would go round to that sbop and get ‘one of those casos for his sunt, He sid be would nat belong, and soggesed™ our waling for him, ‘We waled for what sceined to me rather long tne, ‘When he rejoined ws he was empty-handed and looked ‘worred. We asked isn where bls cushion was. He sald the had’t got casbiog, sai he had changed his mind, said he din’t thik hie anal wonld care fora cushion Evidently something was amiss. We tied to got at the 18 Dolton off His aaswers afer our ment question or Ihersaboute became quite short, Tr the evening, howerer, when he and I happens to bo alone, he brosche the aabjee® blmsell. He said “They are somembat ecaliar in some things, these Germans Taaid: “What has happened” Wall he ansered, "there was that cushion f want.” “or your aay” 1 remarked. ‘Why nol?” be returned, He was hoff in « moment I never Anew a onan s0 touchy? about an eont. “Why shoulda’t Tsend 2 eatin t9 my aunt?" “Don't get exc, 1 respect you for fk He recovered his temper, and. went on: ‘There were four in fhe window, fou remember, ery much slike, and cach one Tallon pin Sgores Tromp mala, {don't pietand to speak Geran Boca, Sir cam goneraly mike myst! undertood with ite tert, and gather the sense of what fv sd fo Ie, roe Sida they Won't gable went into the shop. & ung Sit cme ap toe the wana prety, lel ile sou Sol aval te sor of i om "nor Jou would Baye hpeted such a thing, Lean never tore spied. all Surprised about what?" T sid. George twee nesames? you now the end of he sory wile be Taling you he Doglaiog tle an anneying?™ Inthe SAT what happened," repled George; “al what 1 am teting Jou. She smiled ‘and asked me. what T wate Tandevstocd that all sights thre conld have been no fnitate about tha pot down & Geenysmark ples 00 the counter sod si: “Tam not objecting “opin, Fate Palen. “i verte “Poe, one ‘meagan, ee te Seg reper hg Sorte heat ote he bag, puro terete cushion.” sd al me as ICT had asked fra feaber ba. 1 thought, maybe, she had not heard, so T repeated it louder. If Usd chucked* her under the chin she could rot have looked more surpeaed or indignant. “She sid she thoaght T most be taking © mistake. “1 did not want to begin s long conversation and id myself stranded. I sad there wax no mistake. I pointed to'my twenly-mark piece, and repeated for the thd ime ‘ha T wanted @ cushion, “a twentpmark cusbion.” “Another gle came up, an older gil sod the fest git repeated to her what I had jst aakl= she seemed gate excited about i, The second gil did not Beller raid not think T looked the sort of man who would want & cushion, ‘To make sure, she pat the question fo me her sell, “

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