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friendly with the Balsam and felt that 

 hers was the claim of " first finder." 

 "I '11 give her the magic fringe of my 

 robe, which will magnify the starlight 

 into sunlight/* 



*' Pah ! Her fringe, a mere puff of 

 dust ! If she wants warmth, let her add 

 a few of my cone-jewels to the red light, 

 then she '11 see sparkling blazes." 



So away went the Rumor to the Star- 

 girl. 



She rubbed the Balsam sticks till a 



little red star came forth, then she put 

 in the Birch fringe, and it blazed; she 

 added the Balsam cones, and had a 

 warm fire. 



" But the wind was cold on her back, 

 and her wound was sore" — so the little 

 Rumor told the Balsam and the Birch in 



