I should like to know if you deserve to be run all over the world ! ' But Gerda patted her cheeks and asked after the prince and princess . ` They are travelling about , ' said the robber girl . ` And the crow ? ' asked Gerda . ` Oh , the crow is dead ! ' answered the robber-girl . ` His tame sweetheart is a widow and hops about with a bit of black crape round her leg . She makes a great fuss , but that 's all nonsense . But tell me what happened to you , and how you caught him . ' And Kay and Gerda told her all . ` Dear , dear ! ' said the robber-girl , shook both their hands , and promised that if she came to their town she would come and see them . Then she rode on . But Gerda and Kay went home hand in hand . There they found the grandmother and everything just as it had been , but when they went through the doorway they found they were grown-up . There were the roses on the leads ; it was summer , warm , glorious summer . The Fir-tree Translated from the German of Hans Christian Andersen . There was once a pretty little fir-tree in a wood . It was in a capital position , for it could get sun , and there was enough air , and all around grew many tall companions , both pines and firs .
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