| THE HOME OF BACH IN EISENACH |
"And what happened then?" asked Mitzi.
She was interested in this poor little fellow who had longed so much for music. She was very angry with the brother.
Fritz read on: "'Sebastian fell ill. He was so unhappy that he could not eat. Then, one day he discovered that he could play the beautiful music without notes. It was all written in his heart!'"
"Ah," said Mitzi. "That is good!"
"'But just as he was playing it,'" continued Fritz, "'in came his brother Christoph again—'"
"The goose!" sniffed Mitzi.
"'Christoph stood in the doorway listening,'" read Fritz. "'At first he was ready to stop the playing. But at last it dawned upon him that his little brother was truly a great artist.'"
"So he stopped being jealous?" asked Mitzi.
"Yes," said Fritz. He closed the book and sighed, adding, "It must have been terrible for Sebastian when his brother took away the music he loved."