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LABOULAYE 5 FÁAIRY BOOK a few late pinks, daisies, and immortelles. Dobrunka saw but one thing, an apple-tree with its rosy fruit. “Make haste, my child; shake the tree,” said September. She shook it, and an apple fell; she shook it again, and a second apple followed. “Make haste, Dobrunka, make haste home!” cried September, in an imperious voice. The good child thanked the Twelve Months, and joyfully ran home. You may imagine the astonishment of Katinka and the stepmother. “Red apples in January! Where did you get these apples?”’ asked Katinka. ‘Up yonder on the mountain; there is a tree there that is as red with them as a cherry-tree in July.” "Why did you bring only two? You ate the rest on the way. “Oh, sister, I did not touch them; I was only permitted to shake the tree twice, and but two apples fell." “Begone, you fool!" cried Katinka, striking her sister, who ran away crying. The wicked girl tasted one of the apples; she had never eaten anything so delicious in her life, neither had her mother. How they regretted not having any more! “Mother,” said Katinka, “give me my fur cloak. I will go to the forest and find the tree, and whether I am 92
