Wade Mary Hazelton Blanchard. Our Little German Cousin
CHAPTER I. CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER II. TOY-MAKING
CHAPTER III. THE WICKED BISHOP
CHAPTER IV. THE COFFEE-PARTY
CHAPTER V. THE BEAUTIFUL CASTLE
CHAPTER VI. THE GREAT FREDERICK
CHAPTER VII. THE BRAVE PRINCESS
CHAPTER VIII. WHAT THE WAVES BRING
CHAPTER IX. THE MAGIC SWORD
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"Don't look! There, now it's done!" cried Bertha.
It was two nights before Christmas. Bertha was in the big living-room with her mother and older sister. Each sat as close as possible to the candle-light, and was busily working on something in her lap.
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Everybody was happy and contented. They sang songs and cracked nuts and ate the Christmas cakes to their hearts' content.
"I think I like the ones shaped like gnomes the best," said Hans. "They have such comical little faces. Do you know, every time I go out in the forest, it seems as though I might meet a party of gnomes hunting for gold."
