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Selma Lagerlöf. Christ Legends

Christ Legends

Table of Contents

THE HOLY NIGHT

THE EMPEROR’S VISION

THE WISE MEN’S WELL

BETHLEHEM’S CHILDREN

THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

IN NAZARETH

IN THE TEMPLE

SAINT VERONICA’S KERCHIEF

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

ROBIN REDBREAST

OUR LORD AND SAINT PETER

THE SACRED FLAME

I

II

III

IV

V

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Selma Lagerlöf

Translator: Velma Swanston Howard

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“Now the man came up to the shepherd and said to him: ‘Good man, help me, and lend me a little fire! My wife has just given birth to a child, and I must make a fire to warm her and the little one.’

“The shepherd would rather have said no, but when he pondered that the dogs couldn’t hurt the man, and the sheep had not run from him, and that the staff had not wished to strike him, he was a little afraid, and dared not deny the man that which he asked.

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