The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-31
Frsn the German. Fairy Tales.
pRlIN AND THE DWARF.

BRUIN THE DWARF.
There was once poor widow, who lived il
a little cottage; and in front of the cottage wa
a pretty garden, in which grew two rose trees
one bore white roses and the other red roses
And the good woman had two children, vine
were exactly like the roses on the two trees: 81
one was called Snow-white and the other Rose
red. And they were SO good and gentle, so dill.
gent and active, that never were there two bet.
ter children in the world; only Saog-xh.te wa,
more gu Jet AID gentle than her sister. Rose-rec
was fond Of running about in the fields and mea-
dows, gathering wild flowers and chasing the
butterflies. But Snow-white would sit at home
with her mother, and help her to put the cot
tage in order, or read TO her when there was nc
work to do.
1.-THE two little children loved one anothe,
dearly, and whenever they walked out together
they always went hand in hand. Sometimes
Snow-white would say, 'Rose-red We will no,
leave one another And Rose-red would an
swer, NO, never SO long We live Then
| their mother would add, And mind, whatever
one of you has, the other mus, always share
| "They used often TO about in the WOOD
and gather the red berries but they never came
TO any harm, and the Wild ANIMALS would come
up to them in familiar way like old friends
The little hare ran to eat "a cabbage-leaf out of
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bounded gaily past them, and the birds would sit
prrched upon spray, MARBLE their songs and
tell them all they knew. When by chance they
staid out late in the wood, and night came on.
they would lay themselves down SIDE by side up
on the moss, and sleep till morning. Their mo-
| Their knew this, and was never troubled about
them.
"Once, when they had staid all night in the
wood, and the red streaks of the morning awoke
them, they saw a beautiful child, in a shining
white dress, sitting beside their bed Of moss
| The child stood up, and looked at them kindly:
but he said not a word, and vanished INTO the
wood. And when Snow-white and Rose red
looked around they that they had been
sleeping close to deep pit, and would certainly
have fallen into it if they had only gone a step
| farther in the dark. And when they came home.
| their mother told them that it must haze been
the angel who watches aver good children.
"Snow-whiie and Rose-red kept their moth
er's little cottage SO clean and neat, that it was
| truly pleasure TO peep into IT, In the summer
Rose-red took care Of the house, and every
morning before her mother was aw AXE she gath
cred nosegay, and placed it on a little table be-
| fore her bed; and in the nosegay there was al
WAYS a rose from each of the t,e.s. In the
winter Spow-white got, uD early. lighted the
| fire, and hung the kettle on; and the copper
kettle shone like gold, 1t was secured so bright.
OF an evening, when the snow fell fast their
mother would say, Go, Snow-white, and bolt
the door Then they sat round the hearth. anG
| the good woman put on her spectsces. and read
aloud out of a large book, whilst the two little
girls sat by, and listened as they spun. Al their
feet lay pet lamb on the ground and behind
them sat pretty white dove upon perch, with
| its head tucked under its wing.
| "One evening. as they were all sitting snugly
together. they heard knock at the door, as il
some one wanted 10 come in. So their mother
said, Quick, Rose-red, up, | dare say il is
some poor man who wants to find shelter.
| Rose-r red ran and unbolted the door; but instead
of man she saw huge bear stretching hi.
shaggy black head in at the door Rase-r red
shr,eked with fright, and ran hack, the lamb
bleated, the dove tapped its wings and flew from
the perch, and Snow white hid herself behind
her mothers bed. But the bear growled in a
| friendly tone, and said, Don't he afraid, will
not hurt you; l am half frozen, and only want
TO warm myself little by your fire., All
| YOU poor bear said the good woman 'lie down
| by the fire; only take care that YOU do not burn
| your coat Then she called out, 'Snow-white
| Rose-red. come out, come out,-the bear viii
| not hurt you-he is an honest beast, aud mean.
WELL Then they took courage and drew near.
to the hearth; and little by little the lamb ant
the dove also approached. and recovered from
their fright. And the bear said, 'Come, chill
dren, beat the snow little from nv fur Il
they fetched a broom and swept his coat clean
and then the bear stretched himself out befor,
the fire and gave friendly growl, as much a
TO say how comfortable he was.
In a short time they were all at their ease
and the children even began TO play tricks will
their shaggy guest: they twitched his rougl
coat, jumped upon his back. and rolled hin
about backwards and forwards. Then they tool
a hazel switch, and began to fog him playfuly
and every time he growled they laughed out
right The bear was very well pleased; onl,
when the fun went a little too far, he growed
Leave me little life, children.
Snow-whte and Rose-red,
Would you strike your lover dead p
"When it was time to 20 to rest, and tn
children were tucked into bed, the good womal
said to the bear: 'Prithee, stay where you ar
on the hearth. and you will be sheltered iron
the cold weather.
"In the morning before sunrise the childre
let the bear out of the cottage, and away h
trotted through the snow into the wood. From
that day forwards the bear came every evenin,
at a certain hour, stretched himself out upo
, the hearth, and allowed the children to pla
their pranks with him to their hearts content
Indeed, they got to be such friends, that tn
, door was never bolted in an evening until thei
, "When the spring was come, and every thin
out of doors began to be green, the bear said on
! morning to Snow-white, : l must go away an
leave you, and shall not return the whole sum
D mer long, whittier are you going, my dea
bear?' asked Snow-white. ] must 20 into tn
, wood" replied tho bear, 'snd guard my trca
sures from the wicked dwarfs. In winter, whe
the earth is frozen hard, they live underground
9 and cannot work their way through; but not
I that the sun has thawed and warmed the groun.
h they break through and come to light, pry abor
and steal what they can. Whatever they hav
once got into their hands, and stored away !
e their caves underground, does not easily CON
s to light again
"Snow- white was very sad to lose her fren'
> and unfastened the bolt for him with sigh; an
when the bear had squeezed through the doc
J, he remained hanging on the latch, as if 10th
!. / TO- and his skin was torn. Snow-white fancie
she saw something like gold glittering throug
the fur; but she could not be quite sure, rs II
bear ran quickly of, and was soon lost to sigl
among the trees. -
e zone day the good woman sent her childre
q into the wood to pick up sticks. There the
e ground; and upon the trunk of the tree, among
= the long grass, they saw something jumping u
y and down, but they could not make out what
!, was. When they came nearer, however, the
saw a little dwarf with an old shrivelled fad
e and snow white beard yard long. The en-
o of his beard was wedged fast In the cleft of Ii
" tree; and the dwarf was skipping about an
. about like little dog on . rope, not KNOWN
y how to help himself out Of his trouble. An
when he saw the little girls, he fixed his glarir
red eyes ON them, and cried out, why do 70