id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 16134 Van Dyke, Henry The First Christmas Tree: A Story of the Forest .txt text/plain 7594 514 92 dark altars of heaven gods, and weird, bloody sacrifices, and So Winfried took the book and closed it, clasping the boy's hand "A child in years," replied Winfried, "but a man in spirit. snow flew from the bending branches, Winfried turned and spoke to the thunder-oak of Geismar to worship their god, Thor. "Here," cried Winfried, as his eyes flashed and his hand lifted Christ shall break the hammer of the false god Thor." Then Winfried's voice rang out, "Hail, ye sons of the forest! Thor, the god of thunder and war, to whom this oak is sacred, is dew that shall send new life into this holy tree of blood. "Tree-god!" cried Winfried, "art thou angry? "Tree-god!" answered Gregor, "art thou mighty? Then the great wonder of Winfried's life came to "And here," said he, as his eyes fell on a young fir-tree, ./cache/16134.txt ./txt/16134.txt