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And because of the great courage Mistress Mouse had shown in saving the forest from the soldier's fire, Old Mother Winter sent her daughters to reward the little creature in three important ways.
In the late Autumn, she sent Angeline, her youngest, to breathe a gentle frost on Mistress Mouse's doorstep, so that she would be warned of Winter's coming, and have plenty of time to fill her larder with lots of lovely seeds and grain before the long cold months arrived.
Then, with the first snows, she sent Gabrielle, the next youngest of her daughters, to pile the snow heavily about the roots of the old walnut tree under which Mistress Mouse and her family lived, so that their cozy nest would be sheltered from the cold, cold wind.
And finally, it was Marcelle she sent, who was almost of marrying age, and who artfully spread a thin sheet of ice over Gabrielle's soft blanket of snow. This ice would crackle loudly whenever Monsieur Fox came creeping about on his soft paws, warning the little mouse of his presence, so that she would not choose that moment to run her Winter errands.
Now you tell one :)
Though she figures prominently in our story, Mistress Mouse is not present in this image, because she and her children are already snug in their beds, but we think this is still a wonderful, fanciful image!
Sous la Niege, or "Under the Snow." Albert Bergeret, this postcard's publisher, is considered by many to be the father of the French picture postcard. Already a printer at the turn of the century, as early as 1898, he began producing postcards. According to Wikipedia France, his company, located in Nancy, produced 25 million cards in 1900, and by 1903, was producing 75 million annually!
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Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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