The Red Shoes (15 完)

The Red Shoes (15 完)

  With this he touched the low ceiling of the room and it rose high into the air and, where he had touched it, a golden star shone. He touched the walls and they widened.

  Karen saw the organ.
  She saw the old paintings of the ministers and their wives ; and there were the congregation holding their psalmbooks in front of them and singing.

  The church had come to the poor girl in her little narrow chamber ; or maybe she had come to the church.
  Now she sat among the others, and when they finished singing the psalm they looked up and saw her.

  Someone whispered to her ; " It is good that you came, Karen. "

  " This is His mercy, " she replied.

  The great organ played and the voices of the children in the choir mingled sweetly with it.
  The clear, warm sunshine streamed through the window.

  The sunshine filled Karen's heart till it so swelled with peace and happiness that it broke.

  Her soul flew on a sunbeam up to God ; and up there no one asked her about the red shoes.

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