1 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: Welcome, sleep tight stories the new Year's bell, Brother, Carl, 2 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: wake up, wake up? Don't you hear the great bell? 3 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 1: Father is ringing the new year in? Don't you hear it, 4 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: Little Carl? Wake up? Tangle haired little Carl sat up 5 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: in bed, rubbed his eyes, and, after a few winks, 6 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: opened them wide. Is it the wind, brother Hans, that 7 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: sings so? No, No, it is the great bell. Don't 8 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: you hear it? Ring? It is ringing for the new year? 9 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: Is Father drying the rope? Asked the little one. Of 10 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: course he is, little Karl. He is waking up the 11 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: whole world that every one may mish a happy new year. Come, 12 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: let us go to the window. And the two little 13 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: fellows crept out of their warm nest, on to the 14 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: cold floor and over to the window. Oh see, there 15 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: is father's lantern in the steeple window, cried Karl. It 16 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: threw its light into the frosty night. The clear stars 17 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: cut sharp holes in the sky, and the air was 18 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: so cold it made everything glisten. A ring, a ring, 19 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: ring clanged the great bell, and little Hans and Karl 20 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: knew their father's arms were making it ring. The strokes 21 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: were so strong that each one made little half asleep. 22 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: Carl wink, and the stars seemed to wink back to 23 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: him each time. He crept closer to Hans, and the 24 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: two stood still with their arms about each other. The 25 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: room was quite cold, but they did not mind, for 26 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:29,559 Speaker 1: with each stroke the great bell seemed to ring more beautifully. 27 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: It seemed so near them, as if ringing right in 28 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: their ears, and the two little boys stood and listened 29 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: with beating hearts. I saw dear father trim his lantern, 30 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: whispered Hans. He set it near the door before we 31 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: went to bed, all ready to light. When the clock 32 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: struck twelve. Mother said to him, as he put the 33 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: lantern there, ring the bell, good and strong, dear father, 34 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: For who knows, but this year may bring the great 35 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: blessing which the Christ child promised. We must watch for it, 36 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: little Carl, and the old bell seemed to speak louder 37 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: and clearer to the little ones as they eagerly listened 38 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: for what it was telling. Father says, the bell will 39 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: never ring from the old tower again, for the new 40 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: one is being built, said Hans. And what do you think, 41 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: brother Carl. Our dear mother wept because the old steeple 42 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: must be broken down, and the dear bell that is 43 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: even now a ringing, must be put into another great 44 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: tower to ring. Does the great bell know it, brother, no, 45 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: dear little Carl, But no matter where it is put, 46 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: it will always ring. And be glad to wake the 47 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: village for the new year. Will we go and say 48 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 1: good bye to the dear old bell, Brother Hans, whispered 49 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: little Carl. Yes, brother, mine, when it is day, we 50 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:15,119 Speaker 1: will go, for it has rung so many times for us. 51 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: They crept out of the cold into their snug bed again, 52 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: and the great strokes poured from the window tower. Long 53 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 1: after the little curly heads were full of dreams. Wake up, 54 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: brother Hans, there is the sun this time. Little Carl 55 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: was the first to wake. Quickly they were both dressed, 56 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: and opening their door noiselessly, they went down the narrow 57 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: stairs on tiptoe, and then out into the open air. 58 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: A swift wind was blowing. It swept over the bare 59 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: bushes and whirled the snow into the children's faces and 60 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: filled their curly hair with flakes. But the sun was 61 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 1: smiling down on them and said, see what a beautiful 62 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: day I brought for a new Year's gift to you. 63 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: And the little ones passed through the church door that 64 00:05:17,839 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 1: was always open, and into the belfry tower. They knew 65 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: the way, for Father had so often taken them with him. 66 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: They came to the long, dark ladder way, but they 67 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: did not mind the dark, for they knew the bell 68 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: was at the top, and they bravely began to climb. 69 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 1: Hans had wooden shoes, so he left them at the 70 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: foot of the ladder. It was so much easier to 71 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: climb a ladder with bare feet. Besides, he hardly felt 72 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,359 Speaker 1: the cold. He was such a quick and lively little boy. 73 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: Karl went ahead that brother Hans might be more easily 74 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 1: able to help him. They climbed up and up, and 75 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: the brave big brother talked merrily all the time to 76 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: keep little Carl from thinking of the long, long way. 77 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 1: Up and up they went. It became darker and darker. 78 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: Little Carl led on and on, and he was glad 79 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: that Hans was behind him. All at once a bright 80 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:41,119 Speaker 1: gleam of light greeted them from above, and they knew 81 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: that soon they would be with the dear old bell. 82 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: Through the opening they crept, and there the great bell hung, 83 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: and they stood beneath it. Hans could just touch it, 84 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 1: and he felt its long time, and saw the shining 85 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 1: marks on its sides where it had struck in clanging 86 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: for many many years. It was very cold in the belfry. 87 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: Little Carl tucked his hands under his shirt and gazed 88 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: at the bell, while Hans explained to him what made 89 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: the music and the great tolling tones that came from it. 90 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: The whole world loves the great bell Barther Carl said, Hans, 91 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: mother thinks that last night it rang in the great 92 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: blessing which the Christ Child had promised. What did the 93 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: little christ Child promise? Brother? Don't you remember, little Carl? 94 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: Mother told us that the Christ Child would send little 95 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: children a beautiful gift. I think it must be the 96 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: new year that he has sent, for that is what 97 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: the old bell brought to us last night. And Hans 98 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: lifted little Carl and he kissed the beautiful bell on 99 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: its great round lip, and the bell was still warm 100 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: from its long ringing. And they stood and looked at 101 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 1: the bell quietly for a long time, and then they 102 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: said good bye, dear great bell, and they went down 103 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: the dark ladder again. Hans put on his wooden shoes 104 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: at the foot of the ladder, and with flying feet 105 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 1: they crossed the church garden, and there stood the dear 106 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: Mother in the door, looking for them. She had found 107 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: their little bed empty and was just starting out to 108 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:53,520 Speaker 1: find them. Dear Mother, we have been in the tower 109 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: to thank the great Bell for bringing the new year, 110 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: cried Hans. Did the christ Child send it, asked little Carl. 111 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,200 Speaker 1: The mother stooped and put her arms about them and 112 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: kissed them both. As she led them into the room, 113 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 1: she said, yes, my little ones, the christ Child sends 114 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: the new year.