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Title: Stories for the household
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William), 1832-1894 Bayes, Alfred Walter, 1832-1909, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales
Publisher: London : G. Routledge and Sons

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ving in the wind. And the mother stepped to the window, and half opened it. Oh ! said she, on my word, that is a little pea which has taken root here,and is putting out its little leaves. How can it have got here into thecrack ? That is a little garden with which you can amuse yourself. And the sick girls bed was moved nearer to the window, so that shecould always see the growing pea; and the mother went forth to herwork. Mother, I think I shall get well, said the sick child in the evening.The sun shone in upon me to-day delightfully warm. The little peais prospering famously, and I shall prosper too. and get up, and go outinto the warm sunshine. G-od grant it ! said the mother, but she did not believe it would beso; but she took care to prop with a little stick the green plant whichhad given her daughter the pleasant thoughts of life, so that it mightnot be broken by the wind; she tied a piece of string to the window-sill and to the upper part of the frame, so that the pea might have
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THE POOR WOMAN AND SEE SICK DAU0HTEE. something round which it could twine, when it shot up : arid it didshoot up indeed—one could see how it grew every day. Really, here is a flower coming! said the woman one day ; and nowshe began to cherish the hope that her sick daughter would recover.She remembered that lately the child had spoken much more cheerfullythan before, that in the last few days she had risen up in bed of her ownaccord, and had sat uprghfc, looking with delighted eyes at the littlegarden in which only one plant grew. A week afterwards the invalidfor the first tim.3 sat up for a whole hour. Quite happy, she sat there 306 Stories for the Household. in the warm sunshine ; the window was opened, and outside before itstood a pink pea blossom, fully blown. The sick girl bent down andgently kissed the delicate leaves. This day was like a festival. The Heavenly Father Himself has planted that pea, and caused it toprosper, to be a joy to you, and to me also, my blessed child !

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