bolt the door;” and then they seated themselves on the hearth, and the mother took her spectacles, and read aloud out of a great book, and the two girls listened, and sat and span. near them lay a lamb on the floor, and behind them, on a perch, sat a white dove, with its head under its wing.
“you poor bear,” said the mother, “lay yourself down before the fire, only take care your fur does not burn.” then she called out: “snow-white and rose-red, come out; the bear will not hurt you—he means honestly by us.” then they both came out, and, by degrees, the lamb and the dove also 