Hans Christian Andersen

The Storm Shakes the Shield by Hans Christian Andersen The Storm Shakes the Shield Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Storm Shakes the Shield In the old days, when grandpapa was quite a little boy, and ran about in little red breeches and a red coat, and a feather in his cap—for that’s the […]

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The Windmill by Hans Christian Andersen The Windmill Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Windmill A windmill stood upon the hill, proud to look at, and it was proud too. “I am not proud at all,” it said, “but I am very much enlightened without and within. I have sun and moon for my […]

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The Golden Treasure by Hans Christian Andersen The Golden Treasure Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Golden Treasure The drummer’s wife went into the church. She saw the new altar with the painted pictures and the carved angels. Those upon the canvas and in the glory over the altar were just as beautiful as […]

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The Will-O-The Wisp Is In The Town, Says The Moor Woman by Hans Christian Andersen The Will-O-The Wisp Is In The Town, Says The Moor Woman Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Will-O-The Wisp Is In The Town, Says The Moor Woman There was a man who once knew many stories, but they had […]

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The Bird of Popular Song by Hans Christian Andersen The Bird of Popular Song Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Bird of Popular Song In is winter-time. The earth wears a snowy garment, and looks like marble hewn out of the rock; the air is bright and clear; the wind is sharp as a […]

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The Snowdrop by Hans Christian Andersen The Snowdrop Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Snowdrop It was winter-time; the air was cold, the wind was sharp, but within the closed doors it was warm and comfortable, and within the closed door lay the flower; it lay in the bulb under the snow-covered earth. One […]

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The Silver Shilling by Hans Christian Andersen The Silver Shilling Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Silver Shilling There was once a shilling, which came forth from the mint springing and shouting, “Hurrah! now I am going out into the wide world.” And truly it did go out into the wide world. The children […]

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The Old Church Bell by Hans Christian Andersen The Old Church Bell Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Old Church Bell (WRITTEN FOR THE SCHILLER ALBUM) In the country of Wurtemburg, in Germany, where the acacias grow by the public road, where the apple-trees and the pear-trees in autumn bend to the earth with […]

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The Portuguese Duck by Hans Christian Andersen The Portuguese Duck Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Portuguese Duck A duck once arrived from Portugal, but there were some who said she came from Spain, which is almost the same thing. At all events, she was called the “Portuguese,” and she laid eggs, was killed, […]

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The Butterfly by Hans Christian Andersen The Butterfly Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Butterfly There was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the flowers. He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and […]

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The Snail and the Rose-tree by Hans Christian Andersen The Snail and the Rose-tree Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Snail and the Rose-tree Round about the garden ran a hedge of hazel-bushes; beyond the hedge were fields and meadows with cows and sheep; but in the middle of the garden stood a Rose-tree […]

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The Bishop of Borglum and his Warriors by Hans Christian Andersen The Bishop of Borglum and his Warriors Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Bishop of Borglum and his Warriors Our scene is laid in Northern Jutland, in the so-called “wild moor.” We hear what is called the “Wester-wow-wow”—the peculiar roar of the North […]

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