The star jewels, and other wonders

Chapter 10: TREES

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About This Book

A collection of short fairy tales and lyrical pieces for children that follows mermaids, fairies, dryads, and other enchanted creatures through gentle, whimsical episodes. Tales center on simple desires, small moral choices, and moments of wonder, often set against vivid natural backdrops of sea, wood, and sky. Interspersed rhymes and brief poems echo the stories’ themes with musical language and playful imagery. Illustrated plates accompany many entries, shaping a consistently fanciful and imaginative atmosphere throughout the volume.

TREES

However little I may be,

At least I too can plant a tree.

And some day it will grow so high

That it can whisper to the sky,

And spread its leafy branches wide

To make a shade on every side.

Then on a sultry summer day,

The people resting there will say,—

“Oh, good and wise and great was he

Who thought to plant this blessed tree!”