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1、theJuniperTreeJacobandWilhelmGrimm Longago,atleasttwothousandyears,therewasarichmanwhohadabeautifulandpiouswife,andtheylovedeachotherdearly.However,theyhadnochildren,thoughtheywishedverymuchtohavesome,andthewomanprayedforthemdayandnight,buttheydidn'tgetany,andtheydidn'tgetany. Infrontoftheirhou
2、setherewasacourtyardwheretherestoodajunipertree.Onedayinwinterthewomanwasstandingbeneathit,peelingherselfanapple,andwhileshewasthuspeelingtheapple,shecutherfinger,andthebloodfellintothesnow. "Oh,"saidthewoman.Shesighedheavily,lookedatthebloodbeforeher,andwasmostunhappy."IfonlyIhadachildasredasbl
3、oodandaswhiteassnow."Andasshesaidthat,shebecamequitecontented,andfeltsurethatitwasgoingtohappen. thenshewentintothehouse,andamonthwentby,andthesnowwasgone.Andtwomonths,andeverythingwasGREen.Andthreemonths,andalltheflowerscameoutoftheearth.Andfourmonths,andallthetreesinthewoodsgrewthicker,andtheg
4、reenbrancheswereallentwinedinoneanother,andthebirdssanguntilthewoodsresoundedandtheblossomsfellfromthetrees.Thenthefifthmonthpassed,andshestoodbeneaththejunipertree,whichsmelledsosweetthatherheartjumpedforjoy,andshefellonherkneesandwasbesideherself.Andwhenthesixthmonthwasover,thefruitwasthickandl
5、arge,andthenshewasquitestill.Andaftertheseventhmonthshepickedthejuniperberriesandatethemgreedily.Thenshegrewsickandsorrowful.Thentheeighthmonthpassed,andshecalledherhusbandtoher,andcried,andsaid,"IfIdie,thenburymebeneaththejunipertree."Thenshewasquitecomfortedandhappyuntilthenextmonthwasover,andt
6、henshehadachildaswhiteassnowandasredasblood,andwhenshesawit,shewassohappythatshedied. Herhusbandburiedherbeneaththejunipertree,andhebegantocrybitterly.Aftersometimehewasmoreatease,andalthoughhestillcried,hecouldbearit.Andsometimelaterhetookanotherwife. Hehadadaughterbythesecondwife,butthefirstw
7、ife'schildwasalittleson,andhewasasredasbloodandaswhiteassnow.Whenthewomanlookedatherdaughter,shelovedherverymuch,butthenshelookedatthelittleboy,anditpiercedherheart,forshethoughtthathewouldalwaysstandinherway,andshewas
