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title: The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3 — Tanglewood Tales · full text with trees · page 2
description: The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3, «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: And thus Mother Ceres went wandering about for nine long days and nights, finding no trace of Proserpina, unless it were now and then a wit
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# The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3 · page 2

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- [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/101/) — So Queen Metanira ran to the door, with the poor wailing baby in her arms, and besought Ceres to take charge of it, or, at least, to tell her what would do it good.
- [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/102/) — "Will you trust the child entirely to me?" asked Ceres.
- [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/103/) — "Yes, and gladly, too," answered the queen, "if you will devote all your time to him.
- [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/104/) — For I can see that you have been a mother."
- [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/105/) — "You are right," said Ceres. "
- [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/106/) — I once had a child of my own.
- [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/107/) — Well; I will be the nurse of this poor, sickly boy.
- [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/108/) — But beware, I warn you, that you do not interfere with any kind of treatment which I may judge proper for him.
- [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/109/) — If you do so, the poor infant must suffer for his mother's folly."
- [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/110/) — Then she kissed the child, and it seemed to do him good; for he smiled and nestled closely into her bosom.

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