In the winter time,when deep snow lay on the ground,a poor boy was forced to go out on a sledge to fetch wood. When he had gather it together,and packed it,he wished,as he was so frozen with cold,not to go home at once,but to light a fire and warn himself a little.So he scraped away the snow,and as he was thus clearing the ground,he found a tiny golden key.Hereupon he thought that where the key was,the lock must be also,and dug in the ground and found an iron chest.If the key does but fit it! thought he no doubt there are precious things in that little box.He searched,but no key hole was there.At last he discovered one,but so small that it was hardly visible.He tried it ,but the key is fitted exactly.Then he turned it once round,and now we must wait until he was quiet unlocked it and opened the lid,and then we shall learn what wonderful things were lying in that box.
