The people at the castle had never seen such a beautiful Christmas tree, and they were delighted with the gifts which Lilla divided among them.
Day after day Lilla asked her rose for something new, and every day more and more beautiful things came, till not only her own room, but the whole castle was full of them.
She gave them away to every one, for she soon grew tired of them.
On One of the Flowers was Perched a Tiny Fairy
Every day she was trying to think of something she did not have, but at last there seemed nothing left to wish for.
That was when she began to long for—soap bubbles, which were the only things she must not have.
“But how beautiful thousands of soap bubbles would look, floating about in the sunshine with rainbow colors upon them,” she thought.
She could think of nothing else, and grew quite sad because she could not ask for soap bubbles.