The Rose

There was once a poor woman who had two children. The youngest had to
go every day into the forest to fetch wood. Once when she had gone a
long way to seek it, a little child, who was quite strong, came and
helped her industriously to pick up the wood and carry it home, and
then before a moment had passed the strange child disappeared. The
child told her mother this, but at first she would not believe it. At
length she brought a rose home, and told her mother that the beautiful
child had given her this rose, and had told her that when it was in
full bloom, he would return. The mother put the rose in water. One
morning her child could not get out of bed, the mother went to the bed
and found her dead, but she lay looking very happy. On the same
morning, the rose was in full bloom.
