A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS

By Nathaniel Hawthorne


THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES




CONTENTS:

TANGLEWOOD FIRESIDE--Introductory to "The Three Golden Apples"
THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES
TANGLEWOOD FIRESIDE--After the Story




INTRODUCTORY TO "THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES"

The snow-storm lasted another day; but what became of it afterwards, I
cannot possibly imagine. At any rate, it entirely cleared away, during
the night; and when the sun arose, the next morning, it shone brightly
down on as bleak a tract of hill-country, here in Berkshire, as could be
seen anywhere in the world. The frost-work had so covered the
windowpanes that it was hardly possible to get a glimpse at the scenery
outside. But, while waiting for breakfast, the small populace of
Tanglewood had scratched peepholes with their finger-nails, and saw with
vast delight that--unless it were one or two bare patches on a