110 WINTER STORIES AND POEMS 



The children rushed forward. They tumbled 

 one over another, each going his own way with- 

 out caring what happened to his neighbor. 



The parents held them back, telling one to 

 give place to another. 



Then the Spruce Fir understood the fate of 

 his friends. 



He repeated to himself the words of the Silver 

 Birch. 



" Give way to one another. This is the law 

 of the wood." 



THE HEMLOCK TREE 



hemlock tree ! hemlock tree ! How faith- 

 ful are thy branches ! 

 Green not alone in summer time. 

 But in the winter's frost and rime ! 

 hemlock tree ! hemlock tree ! How faith- 

 ful are thy branches ! 



From the. German, by LONGFELLOW. 



