Buttercup Gold and Other Stories 一杯黄金

BUTTERCUP GOLD AND OTHER STORIES 1 BUTTERCUP GOLD AND OTHER STORIES Ellen Robena Field 更多好书请点击 www.uus8.org BUTTERCUP GOLD AND OTHER STORIES 2 The Little New Year One cold morning Maurice awoke from his dreams and sat up in bed and listened. He thought he heard a knock at his window; but though the moon was shining brightly, Jack Frost had been so busily at work that Maurice could not see through the thickly painted panes. So he crept sleepily out of bed, and opened the window, and whispered: "Who is there?" "I am," replied a tinkling voice. "I am the little New Year, ho! ho! And I've promised to bring a blessing to everyone. But I am such a little fellow I need somebody to help me distribute them. Won't you please come out and help?" "Oh, it's so cold!" said Maurice; "I'd rather go back to my warm bed; " and he shivered as Jack Frost, who was passing, tickled him under the chin with one of the frosty paint brushes. "Never mind the cold," urged the New Year; "please help me." So Maurice hurried into his clothes, and was soon out in the yard. There he found a rosy-cheeked boy a little smaller than himself, pulling a la......