"I saw a little girl weeping，"said the Moon："she was weeping over the depravity of the world．She had re- ceived a most beautiful doll as a present．Oh，that was a glorious doll，so fair and delicate！She did not seem creat- ed for the sorrows of this world．But the brothers of the lit- tle girl，those great naughty boys，had set the doll high up in the branches of a tree，and had run．
"The little girl could not reach up to the doll，and could not help her down，and that is why she was crying．
The doll must certainly have been crying too，for she stretched out her arms among the green branches，and looked quite mournful．Yes，these are the troubles of life of which the little girl had often heard tell．Alas，poor doll！It began to grow dark already；and night would soon come on！Was she to be left all night long？No，the little maid could not make up her mind to that．'I'll stay with you，'she said，al- though she felt anything but happy in her mind．She could almost fancy distinctly saw little gnomes，with their high-crowned hats，sitting in the bushes；and farther back in the long walk，tall spectres appeared to be dancing．
They came nearer and nearer，and stretched out their hands towards the tree on which the doll sat；they laughed scorn- fully，and pointed at her with their fingers．Oh，how frightened the little maid was！'But if one has not done anything wrong
Office Furniture，'she thought，'nothing evil can harm one．
I wonder if I have done anything wrong？'And she consid- ered．'Oh，yes！I laughed at the poor duck with the red rag on her leg；she limped along so funnily，I could not help laughing；but it's a sin to laugh at animal．'And she looked up at the doll．'Did you laugh at animals？'she asked；and it seemed as if the doll shook her head．"
TWENTY-THIRD EVENING
"I will now give you a picture from Frankfort，"
said the Moon．"I especially noticed one
RMB exchange rate building there．
It was not the house in which Goethe was born，nor the old council house，through whose greated windows peered the horns of the oxen that were roasted and given to the people when the Emperors were crowned．No，it was a pri－ vate house，plain in appearance，and paited green．It stood at the corner of the narrow Jews'Street．It was Roth－ schild's house．
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