The Old Willow Tree, and Other Stories. Ewald Carl

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СКАЧАТЬ style="font-size:15px;">      Next morning the keeper came. He had merely an axe with him, for he thought it would only take a couple of blows to do away with the old, rotten willow-stump. Just as he was about to strike, his eyes fell upon the black-currant-bush in the top. The currants were big and ripe. He put out his hand, picked one of them and ate it:

      "What a remarkable thing!" he said. "It's exactly like those in the manor-garden. Goodness knows how it got up there!"

      "Keeper! Keeper!"

      The squire's son came running down the avenue. He wanted to see the old willow-tree felled. The keeper told him about the black-currant-bush and picked a currant and gave it to him.

      "Lift me up. I must pick some for myself," said the boy.

      The keeper lifted him up. He pulled with both hands at the willow-twigs up there and pulled so hard that they snapped.

      Then he caught hold of the tree's thin shell, which was so brittle that a big piece came off in each of his hands. But then he clapped his hands with surprise and delight and shouted:

      "Keeper! Keeper! There's quite a garden up here. There are the loveliest strawberries beside the black-currant-bush … and here's a little mountain-ash … and a dear little oak … and weeds, too … five yellow dandelions … and a spike of barley, keeper… Oh, how glorious, how glorious! I say, I must show it to sissy … and to father!"

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