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THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE
the ancient times there lived in the forest
an old Indian and his wife, with their only
One day, in the winter, the son was out
hunting, and he shot a crow with his arrow.
The snow was stained and reddened with the
blood, and as the young man stood looking at
the bright colours he thought:
that I could find a maiden, whose
hair is as black and glossy as this crow s wing;
whose skin is as white as the pure snow, and
whose cheeks are as crimson as the blood that
stains the snow !
could I find
all
one."
I would marry such. a maiden,
When he reached home, he told his
mother
that had been passing through his mind.
"I know that there is such a maiden, said
the mother, her home "but is very far away;
it is too far for a winter s travel, but when
summer comes you may seek her for your wife."
The son resolved to do this, as soon as the
winter should have passed; but he became so
busy with his hunting, and with affairs at home,
that when winter was over he had forgotten
about his wish for a beautiful bride.
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