Well, they
had a capital supper; and after it was eaten, they ground out of the mill
every possible thing to make their house and themselves warm and
comfortable. So they had a merry Christmas eve and morning.
DEFINITIONS.--l. Tri'-fling, of small value. 5. Hand 'mill, a mill turned
by hand. 6. At-tract'ed, drawn to, allured. 7. Perplexed', puzzled. 8.
Fra'grance, sweetness of smell.
IV. WHY THE SEA IS SALT. (32)
(Concluded.)
1. When the people went by the house to church, the next day, they could
hardly believe their eyes. There was glass in the windows instead of a
wooden shutter, and the poor man and his wife, dressed in nice new
clothes, were seen devoutly kneeling in the church.
2. "There is something very strange in all this," said everyone.
"Something very strange indeed," said the rich man, when three days
afterwards he received an invitation from his once poor brother to a grand
feast. And what a feast it was! The table was covered with a cloth as
white as snow, and the dishes were all of silver or gold. The rich man
could not, in his great house, and with all his wealth, set out such a
table.
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