The way you give is the mirror to the way that you receive.

There was a WIDOW who HAD a DAUGHTER OF HER OWN and a STEPDAUGHTER. Whenever her own DAUGHTER said or did anything, the WOMAN would PAT her on the HEAD and say, "CLEVER GIRL!" But no matter how hard the STEPDAUGHTER TRIED, she was always
BEING CALLED "FOOLISH" OR "LAZY"  by the woman, who often scolded her and sometimes beat her.
The STEPDAUGHTER was KIND and BEAUTIFUL, while the woman's OWN daughter was PLAIN and SELFISH. But her MOTHER saw only what she wanted to see, so she PRAISED her daughter CONTINUALLY  and criticized the STEPDAUGHTER often making her LIFE MISERABLE. The old widow's hatred for her stepdaughter never lessened, saying one cruel thing after another for being such a BURDEN TO THEM.
One day, in the DEAD of WINTER, the stepmother made up her mind and decided to get rid of her.
She told her aged servant, "Old man, take my stepdaughter into the OPEN FIELD where the bitter
FROST is the THICKEST and LEAVE my STEPDAUGHTER THERE. I don't want to set eyes upon her or hear her voice ever again. And if you value your life, don't take her to the warm house of
your relatives."
The old man knew that his family would starve if he lost his job. He put the girl on a sled. He tried to cover the girl with an old horse cloth, but the woman's daughter saw this and snatched it away with a sharp laugh. "Do as my mother says, or you will find yourself and all your children out in the cold along with her," she said nastily.
Heavy hearted, the old man drove the stepdaughter out to the open fields NEAR THE EDGE of the
FOREST. He set her down on a HEAP of SNOW, hugged her, then hastened home as fast as possible
so that he wouldn't see the CHILD' S DEATH.
The GIRL REMAINED where she was, SHIVERING and softly SAYING some PRAYERS.
Suddenly a STRANGE-LOOKING MAN came LEAPING and JUMPING FROM THE FOREST
TOWARD the GIRL. He WORE a GREATCOAT of SILVER FUR, and BOOTS of white LEATHER worked with SILVER. He had thick eyebrows and a bushy white beard, while his nose was as red as an apple. His COAT and HAT were adorned with DIAMONDS, and SILVER BELLS
on a white RIBBON ACROSS HIS CHEST jingled as he bounded toward the little girl.
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