the wife of a rich man fell sick, and when she felt that her end was near, she called her only daughter to her bed side, and said, "always be a good girl, and i will look down from heaven and watch over you."
soon afterwards she shut her eyes and died, and was buried in the garden. the little girl went every day to her grave and wept, and was always good and kind to all about her. and the snow spread a beautiful white covering over the grave, but by the time the sun had melted it away again, her father had married another wife. this new wife had 