Jacob and the Raven BG

again!” cried the neighbours. ‘ Welcome,
Jacob!”

‘Jacob, Jacob, where do the clouds start
from, and what does the wind blow?” called
the boys.

“It has blown me new clothes, as you
may see,” he answered good-humouredly,
and that wonder made them silent at once,
for they all saw that he spoke truly, and
began to respect him. But by this time
he was hammering again, and calling
‘“Roschen!” because he had heard the
patter of little feet inside, and was grow-
ing impatient; and the next moment she
had opened the door and was crying in her
turn, ‘‘O Jacob, Jacob!”

He was a little disappointed that she did
not seem to care even to look at the doll
at first, because she was so taken up with
looking at him and asking him a hun-
dred questions. But she was the only one
to whom he told everything, everything
about Krawk, and the house in the wood,
and the bear, and the cave, and Santa Klaus