The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3 · page 21 2101So Queen Metanira ran to the door, with the poor wailing baby in her arms, and besought Ceres to take charge of it, or, at least, to tell her what would do it good.102"Will you trust the child entirely to me?" asked Ceres.103"Yes, and gladly, too," answered the queen, "if you will devote all your time to him.104For I can see that you have been a mother."105"You are right," said Ceres. "106I once had a child of my own.107Well; I will be the nurse of this poor, sickly boy.108But beware, I warn you, that you do not interfere with any kind of treatment which I may judge proper for him.109If you do so, the poor infant must suffer for his mother's folly."110Then she kissed the child, and it seemed to do him good; for he smiled and nestled closely into her bosom.1 2← previousThe Pomegranate Seeds., part 2next →The Pomegranate Seeds., part 4↑ back to Tanglewood TalesThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/page/2/