Felicia and the Pot of PinksOnce upon a time there was a poor laborer who, feeling that he
had not much longer to live, wished to divide his possessions
between his son and daughter, whom he loved dearly.
So he called them to him, and said: “Your mother brought
me as her dowry two stools and a straw bed; I have, besides, a hen,
a pot of pinks, and a silver ring, which were given me by a noble
lady who once lodged in my poor cottage. When she went away
she said to me:
“’Be careful of my gifts, good man; see that you do not lose the
ring or forget to water the pinks. As for your daughter, I
promise you that she shall be more beautiful than anyone you ever
saw in your life; call her Felicia, and when she grows up give her
the ring and the pot of pinks to console her for her
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