Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-09-28
The Rose Tree.

hung TO the ground. Her Drotnef loved ner
dearly, but her wicked step mother hated
her. Child" said the step mother one
day, E'go to the grocers shop and buy me a
pound of candles" She gave her the mon
ely, and the little girl went, bought the can
| dies, and started on her return. There was
a stile to cross. She put down the candles
whilst she got over the stile. Up came a
! dog, and ran off with the candles.
She went back to the grocer's and got a
second bunch. She came to the stile, set
down the candles, and proceeded to climb
over. Up came the dog and ran off with
the candles.
| She went again to the grocer's, and she
got third bunch, and just the same event
| happened. Then she came to her step
mother crying for she had spent all the
money, and had lost three punches of cam
! dies.
The step-mother was angry, but she pre-
| tended not to mind the loss. She said to the
child, ''Come, lay thy head upon my lap,
that | may comb thy hair" SO the little
one laid her head in the woman's lap, who
proceeded to comb the yellow, silken hair.
And when she combed, the hair fell over her
knees, and rolled right down to the ground.
Then the step mother hated her more for
the beauty of her hair, so she said to her,
| II cannot part thy hair Old my knee, fetch a
billet Of wood SO she fetched it. Then
said the step-mother: II cannot part thy
hair with comb, fetch me an axe" So she
| fetched it. eae
ssNow," said the wicked woman, clay thy
head down on the billet of wood whilst
part thy hair"
| Well she laid her little golden head down
/ ND of I fbo
axe, and it was off, So the mother wiped
the axe and laughed.
Then she took the heart and liver of the
little girl, and she stewed them, and brought
them into the house for supper. The hus-
band tasted them, and shook his head. He
said they tasted very strangely. She gave
some to the little boy, but he would not eat.
She tried to force him, but he refused and
ran out into the garden, and took up his lit
tie sister and put her in q box and buried
the box under a rose tree; and every day
he went to the rose tree and wept, and wept,
and wept, till his tears ran down ON the
! box.
One day the rose tree lowered. 1t was
spring. There among the flowers was a
white bird and it sang, and sang, and sang
like an angel out of heaven. Away it flew,
|
and perched itself on a tree hard by and
this it sang:--
C My wicked mother slew me,
My dear father ate me,
My little brother, whom love,
4 Sits below and sing above,
Stick, stock, stone dead.'
t'Sing again that beautiful song" asked
tie shoemaker.
'If you will first give me those little red
shoes you are making"
The cobhler gave the shoes, and the bird
sang the song; then flew to tree in front
of watchmakers, and sang:-
&c My wicked mother slew me-.
My dear father ate me,
! My little brother, whom ] love,
Sits below and sing above,
Stick, Stock stone dead"
ooh, the beautiful song sing it again,
sweet bird, asked the matchmaker.
eff you will give me first that gold watch
and chain in your hand.''
The jeweller gave the watch and chain
The bird took it in one foot, and the shoes in
the other, and flew away after having re-
peated the song, to where three milers were
picking a milestone. The bird perched ON
- tree and sang
My wicked mother slew me-
My dear father ate me,
My little brother, whom love,
! Sits below while / sing above,
Stick !"
Then one of the men put down his tool,
and looked up from his work:
Stock"
Then The second miller's man laid aside
his tool, and looked up:
Then the third miller's man laid down his
tool, and looked up:
Dead p
Then all three cried out with one voice
'FOh, what a beautiful song sing it, sweet
bird, again Y
eff you will put the mill stone round my
neck, said the bird.
The men complied with the bird s request,
and away to the tree it flew with the mill
stone round its neck, and the red shoes in
the grasp of one foot, and the gold watch
and chain in the grasp of The other. 1t
sang the song, and then few home 1t rat
tied the milestone against the caves of the
house, and the step-motLer said at thun-
ders." Then the little boy ran out to see
the thunder, and down dropped the red
shoes at his feet. 1t ratified the mill stone
against the caves of the house once more,
and the step-mother said again, at thun-
ders." Then the father ran out, and down
fell the watch and chain about his neck.
In ran the father and son laughing and
saying: 'sSee the thunder has brought us
these fine things" Then the bird ratified
the milestone against the caves third time,
and the step-mother said: cit thunders
again; perhaps the thunder has brought
something for me, )" and she ran out /; but
the moment she stepped outside the door,
down fell the milestone upon her head;
and so she died.
This is the same story as the German tale
of 'EThe Juniper Tree" but differs from it
in many particulars. In the German story