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THE SNOW QUEEN

dream. The grandmother meanwhile sat amid God's bright sunshine, and read from the Bible these words: 'Unless ye become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.'

And Kay and Gerda gazed on each other; they now understood the words of their hymn

'Our roses bloom and fade away,
Our Infant Lord abides alway;
May we be blessed His face to see,
And ever little children be!'

There they sat, those two happy ones, grown-up and yet children children in heart, while all around them glowed bright summer, warm, glorious summer.


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