Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children (Version 2)

<h2><SPAN name="ii">THE LITTLE PINE TREE</SPAN></h2> <table summary="stories" cellpadding="10" border="1" align="center" width="50%"> <tr><td width="33%">pine</td><td width="33%">leaves</td><td width="33%">other</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">woods</td><td width="33%">needles</td><td width="33%">better</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">fairy</td><td width="33%">gold</td><td width="33%">sleep</td></tr> </table> <p>A little pine tree was in the woods.</p> <p>It had no leaves. It had needles.</p> <p>The little tree said, "I do not like needles. All the other trees in the woods have pretty leaves. I want leaves, too. But I will have better leaves. I want gold leaves."</p> <p>Night came and the little tree went to sleep. A fairy came by and gave it gold leaves.</p> <p class="ctr"> <SPAN href="images/020.png"><ANTIMG src="images/020th.png" alt="THE FAIRY GIVES THE PINK TREE GOLD LEAVES"></SPAN></p> <table summary="stories" cellpadding="10" border="1" align="center" width="50%"> <tr><td width="33%">woke</td><td width="33%">cried</td><td width="33%">glass</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">little</td><td width="33%">again</td><td width="33%">pretty</td></tr> </table> <p>When the little tree woke it had leaves of gold.</p> <p>It said, "Oh, I am so pretty! No other tree has gold leaves."</p> <p>Night came.</p> <p>A man came by with a bag. He saw the gold leaves. He took them all and put them into his bag.</p> <p>The poor little tree cried, "I do not want gold leaves again. I will have glass leaves."</p> <table summary="stories" cellpadding="10" border="1" align="center" width="50%"> <tr><td width="33%">night</td><td width="33%">sunshine</td><td width="33%">bright</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">looked</td><td width="33%">wind</td><td width="33%">blew</td></tr> </table> <p>So the little tree went to sleep. The fairy came by and put the glass leaves on it.</p> <p>The little tree woke and saw its glass leaves.</p> <p>How pretty they looked in the sunshine! 'No other tree was so bright.</p> <p>Then a wind came up. It blew and blew.</p> <p>The glass leaves all fell from the tree and were broken.</p> <table summary="stories" cellpadding="10" border="1" align="center" width="50%"> <tr><td width="33%">again</td><td width="33%">green</td></tr> <tr><td width="33%">goat</td><td width="33%">hungry</td></tr> </table> <p>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."</p> <p>And the little tree went to sleep. When it woke, it was like other trees. It had green leaves.</p> <p>A goat came by. He saw the green leaves on the little tree. The goat was hungry and he ate all the leaves.</p> <p class="ctr"> <SPAN href="images/023.png"><ANTIMG src="images/023th.png" alt="THE GOAT EATS THE GREEN LEAVES"></SPAN></p> <table summary="stories" cellpadding="10" border="1" align="center" width="50%"> <tr><td width="33%">happy</td><td width="33%">best</td></tr> </table> <p>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."</p> <p class="ctr"> <SPAN href="images/024.png"><ANTIMG src="images/024th.png" alt="THE PINE TREE WITH NEEDLES"></SPAN></p> <p>And the little tree went to sleep. The fairy gave it what it wanted.</p> <p>When it woke, it had its needles again. Then the little pine tree was happy. <br/> <br/> <br/></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />