THE CONCEITED APPLE BRANCH 219 



THE CONCEITED APPLE BRANCH 

 princess noticed fault 



It was the month of May. 



The wind still blew cold. 



But from bush and tree, field and flower, came 

 the sound : 



" Spring has come." 



A young princess was driving slowly by. 



She saw a beautiful branch of apple blossoms. 



She*carried them home with her to the castle. 



Nearly every one said something about the 

 branch. 



And the apple branch soon learned that there 

 were many different people in the world. 



He looked out of the open window. 



He saw too that even the plants wero rich, 

 and poor, ugly and beautiful. 



He noticed a little common yellow flower that 

 grew everywhere. 



It even grew between paving stones and in 

 the city. 



"Poor little plants," said the apple blossom. 



" It is not your fault that you are ugly. 



