90 DECEMBER 



Bags of candy were hung on her branches. 



Golden apples and nuts hung down as if they 

 grew there. 



Dolls and toys were on the tree. 



A hundred candles were fastened to her 

 branches. 



" This is splendid/' thought the little fir tree. 



But some of the pretty things were taken 

 from her. 



They were given to the happy children. 



At last the candles were put out. 



The people went to bed, leaving the poor 

 little tree all alone. 



In the morning she was carried to the garret. 



beginning servant chopped underneath 



Days and nights went by. 



Nobody came to see the fir. 



She was very unhappy. 



But at last the tree was brought to the light 

 again. 



ji Now life is beginning again," said the fir 

 tree. 



She felt the fresh air and the sunbeams. 



She saw again the lovely flowers. 



