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constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers; they wondered at the height and bluen
orry. For, said they, the buds are the children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that gambol down the hill-sides are the children of the water; and the smallest brigh
t they watched for it, standing hand in hand at a window. Whoever saw it first cried out, 'I see the star!' And often they cried out both together, knowing so well when it would rise, and where. So they grew
ndow at night; and then the child looked sadly out by himself, and when he saw the star, turned round and said to the patient pale face on th
no face on the bed; and when there was a little grave among the graves, not there bef
s solitary bed, he dreamed about the star; and dreamed that, lying where he was, he saw a train of people taken up that sparkli
some came out from the long rows in which they stood, and fell upon the people's necks, and kissed them tenderly, and
ne he knew. The patient face that once had lain upon the bed was glori
ce of the star, and said to the leader amon
brother
e sai
am here! Take me!' and then she turned her beaming eyes upon him, and it was night; and the st
to go to, when his time should come; and he thought that he did not belong to t
while he was so little that he never yet had spoken wo
of angels, and the train of people, and the rows of angels
ter's angel
brother
'Not that one
he cried, 'O, sister, I am here! Take me!' And she
was busy at his books when an o
e. I bring her blessi
nd all that former company. Said
brother
aid, 'Th
o her two children. And he stretched out his arms and cried, 'O, mother, sister, and br
itting in his chair by the fireside, heavy with grief, and wit
gel to the leader: '
Nay, but his m
e three, and he said, 'My daughter's head is on my sister's bosom, and her arm is around my mother's ne
star was
his steps were slow and feeble, and his back was bent. And one night as he lay
e the
one another,
ove towards the star as a child. And O, my Father, now I thank thee t
g; and it shines upon h