The SNOW-CHILD (5)

The SNOW-CHILD (5)

" Oh, no, Peony ! " answered Violet.
" That will not do at all. Warm milk will not be good for our little snow-sister. Little snow-people like her eat nothing but icicles. "


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There was a minute or two of silence; then all of a sudden, Violet cried out:
" Look, Peony ! A light has been shining on her cheek out of that rose-coloured cloud ! And the colour does not go away. Isn't that beautiful ? "

" Yes; it is beau-ti-ful, " answered Peony.
" Oh, Violet, look at her hair ! It is all like gold ! "

" Oh, yes, " said Violet.
" That colour, you know, comes from the golden clouds that we see up there in the sky. "

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