Hans Christian Andersen

The Snow Man by Hans Christian Andersen The Snow Man Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Snow Man “It is so delightfully cold,” said the Snow Man, “that it makes my whole body crackle. This is just the kind of wind to blow life into one. How that great red thing up there is […]

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The Beetle who went on his Travels by Hans Christian Andersen The Beetle who went on his Travels Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Beetle who went on his Travels There was once an Emperor who had a horse shod with gold. He had a golden shoe on each foot, and why was this? […]

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The Mail-coach Passengers by Hans Christian Andersen The Mail-coach Passengers Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Mail-coach Passengers It was bitterly cold, the sky glittered with stars, and not a breeze stirred. “Bump”—an old pot was thrown at a neighbor’s door; and “bang, bang,” went the guns; for they were greeting the New Year. […]

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The Ice Maiden by Hans Christian Andersen The Ice Maiden Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Ice Maiden I. Little Rudy We will pay a visit to Switzerland, and wander through that country of mountains, whose steep and rocky sides are overgrown with forest trees. Let us climb to the dazzling snow-fields at their […]

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The Psyche by Hans Christian Andersen The Psyche Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Psyche In the fresh morning dawn, in the rosy air gleams a great Star, the brightest Star of the morning. His rays tremble on the white wall, as if he wished to write down on it what he can tell, […]

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What the Old Man Does is Always Right by Hans Christian Andersen What the Old Man Does is Always Right Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen What the Old Man Does is Always Right I will tell you a story that was told me when I was a little boy. Every time I thought of […]

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The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock by Hans Christian Andersen The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Farm-yard Cock and the Weather-cock There were two cocks—one on the dung-hill, the other on the roof. They were both arrogant, but which of the two rendered most service? Tell us your […]

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Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind by Hans Christian Andersen Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind There was once a sculptor, named Alfred, who having won the large gold medal and obtained a travelling scholarship, went to Italy, and then […]

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A Story from the Sand-hills by Hans Christian Andersen A Story from the Sand-hills Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen A Story from the Sand-hills This story is from the sand-dunes or sand-hills of Jutland, but it does not begin there in the North, but far away in the South, in Spain. The wide sea […]

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The Pen and the Inkstand by Hans Christian Andersen The Pen and the Inkstand Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Pen and the Inkstand In a poet’s room, where his inkstand stood on the table, the remark was once made, “It is wonderful what can be brought out of an inkstand. What will come […]

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Children’s Prattle by Hans Christian Andersen Children’s Prattle Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Children’s Prattle At a rich merchant’s house there was a children’s party, and the children of rich and great people were there. The merchant was a learned man, for his father had sent him to college, and he had passed his […]

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The Child in the Grave by Hans Christian Andersen The Child in the Grave Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Child in the Grave It was a very sad day, and every heart in the house felt the deepest grief; for the youngest child, a boy of four years old, the joy and hope […]

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