The Star Money
thereEs waswar onceeinmal aein littlekleines girlMädchen, whosedem hadwar fatherVater andund motherMutter diedgestorben, andund shees waswar soso poorarm, thatdaß shees nokein little roomKämmerchen anymoremehr hadhatte thereindarin tozu livewohnen andund nokein little bedBettchen anymoremehr thereindarin tozu sleepschlafen andund finallyendlich at allgar nothingnichts moremehr thanals thedie clothesKleider onauf herdem bodyLeib andund aein little pieceStückchen of breadBrot inin herder handHand, whichdas to herihm aein compassionatemitleidiges heartHerz givengeschenkt hadhatte. sheEs waswar thoughaber goodgut andund piousfromm. andUnd becauseweil shees soso byvon all thealler worldWelt forsakenverlassen waswar, wentgieng shees inim trustVertrauen inauf theden dearlieben GodGott outhinaus into theins fieldFeld.
thereDa metbegegnete herihm aein poorarmer manMann, whoder saidsprach ah„ach, givegib memir somethingetwas tozu eatessen, Iich ambin soso hungryhungerig.“ sheEs handedreichte himihm thedas wholeganze little pieceStückchen of breadBrot andund saidsagte God„Gott blesssegne it for youdirs“ andund wentgieng onweiter. thenDa camekam aein childKind thatdas wailedjammerte andund saidsprach it„es freezesfriert memich soso onan mymeinem headKopfe, giveschenk memir somethingetwas, with whichwomit Iich itihn coverbedecken cankann.“ thenDa tookthat shees herseine capMütze offab andund gavegab itsie to himihm. andUnd whenals shees yetnoch aeine whileWeile walkedgegangen hadwar, camekam againwieder aein childKind andund hadhatte nokein bodiceLeibchen onan andund was freezingfror: thenda gavegab shees himihm hersseins: andund stillnoch furtherweiter, thenda beggedbat oneeins forum aein little skirtRöcklein, thatdas gavegab shees alsoauch fromvon herselfsich awayhin.
at lastEndlich camegelangte shees intoin aeinen forestWald, andund ites hadwar alreadyschon darkdunkel becomegeworden, thenda camekam yetnoch anothereins andund beggedbat forum aein little shirtHemdlein, andund thedas piousfromme girlMädchen thoughtdachte it„es isist darkdunkle nightNacht, thenda seessieht youdich nobodyniemand youdu cankannst wellwohl yourdein shirtHemd awayweg givegeben,“ andund tookzog thedas shirtHemd offab andund gavegab ites alsoauch stillnoch awayhin. andUnd aswie shees soso stoodstand andund at allgar nothingnichts moremehr hadhatte, fellfielen all atauf onceeinmal thedie starsSterne from thevom skyHimmel, andund werewaren nothing butlauter hardharte shiningblanke talersThaler: andund althoughob shees justgleich hersein little shirtHemdlein awayweg had givengegeben, yetso hadhatte shees aein new oneneues onan andund itdas waswar of thevom very finestallerfeinsten linenLinnen. thenDa gatheredsammelte shees for herselfsich thedie talersThaler into ithinein andund waswar richreich forfür hersein life’s daysLebtag.
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