ABSTRACT
ONCE on a time, but it was a long, long time ago, there were two brothers, one rich and one poor. Now, one Christmas eye, the poor one hadn't so much as a crumb in the house, either of meat or bread, so he went to his brother to ask him for something to keep Christmas with, in God’s name. It was not the first time his brother had been forced to help him, and you may fancy he wasn’t very glad to see his face, but he said—
