Night came.
A man came by with a bag. He saw the gold leaves. He took them all and
put them into his bag.
The poor little tree cried, "I do not want gold leaves again. I will
have glass leaves."
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night sunshine bright
looked wind blew
So the little tree went to sleep. The fairy came by and put the glass
leaves on it.
The little tree woke and saw its glass leaves.
How pretty they looked in the sunshine! 'No other tree was so bright.
Then a wind came up. It blew and blew.
The glass leaves all fell from the tree and were broken.
* * * * *
again green
goat hungry
Again the little tree had no leaves. It was very sad, and said, "I
will not have gold leaves and I will not have glass leaves. I want
green leaves. I want to be like the other trees."
And the little tree went to sleep. When it woke, it was like other
trees. It had green leaves.
A goat came by. He saw the green leaves on the little tree. The
goat was hungry and he ate all the leaves.
[Illustration: THE GOAT EATS THE GREEN LEAVES.]
happy best
Then the little tree said, "I do not want any leaves. I will not
have green leaves, nor glass leaves, nor gold leaves. I like my
needles best."
[Illustration: THE PINE TREE WITH NEEDLES.]
And the little tree went to sleep. The fairy gave it what it wanted.
When it woke, it had its needles again. Then the little pine tree
was happy.