Hans Christian Andersen

The Conceited Apple-branch by Hans Christian Andersen The Conceited Apple-branch Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Conceited Apple-branch It was the month of May. The wind still blew cold; but from bush and tree, field and flower, came the welcome sound, “Spring is come.” Wild-flowers in profusion covered the hedges. Under the little apple-tree, […]

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The Loveliest Rose in the World by Hans Christian Andersen The Loveliest Rose in the World Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Loveliest Rose in the World There lived once a great queen, in whose garden were found at all seasons the most splendid flowers, and from every land in the world. She specially […]

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A Story by Hans Christian Andersen A Story Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen A Story In the garden all the apple-trees were in blossom. They had hastened to bring forth flowers before they got green leaves, and in the yard all the ducklings walked up and down, and the cat too: it basked in […]

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The Dumb Book by Hans Christian Andersen The Dumb Book Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Dumb Book In the high-road which led through a wood stood a solitary farm-house; the road, in fact, ran right through its yard. The sun was shining and all the windows were open; within the house people were […]

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The Puppet-show Man by Hans Christian Andersen The Puppet-show Man Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Puppet-show Man On board a steamer I once met an elderly man, with such a merry face that, if it was really an index of his mind, he must have been the happiest fellow in creation; and indeed […]

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The Phoenix Bird by Hans Christian Andersen The Phoenix Bird Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Phoenix Bird In the Garden of Paradise, beneath the Tree of Knowledge, bloomed a rose bush. Here, in the first rose, a bird was born. His flight was like the flashing of light, his plumage was beauteous, and […]

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The Flax by Hans Christian Andersen The Flax Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Flax The flax was in full bloom; it had pretty little blue flowers as delicate as the wings of a moth, or even more so. The sun shone, and the showers watered it; and this was just as good for […]

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The Happy Family by Hans Christian Andersen The Happy Family Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Happy Family The largest green leaf in this country is certainly the burdock-leaf. If you hold it in front of you, it is large enough for an apron; and if you hold it over your head, it is […]

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The Story of a Mother by Hans Christian Andersen The Story of a Mother Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Story of a Mother A mother sat by her little child; she was very sad, for she feared it would die. It was quite pale, and its little eyes were closed, and sometimes it […]

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The Shirt-collar by Hans Christian Andersen The Shirt-collar Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Shirt-collar There was once a fine gentleman who possessed among other things a boot-jack and a hair-brush; but he had also the finest shirt-collar in the world, and of this collar we are about to hear a story. The collar […]

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The Drop of Water by Hans Christian Andersen The Drop of Water Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Drop of Water Fairy Tale Of course you know what is meant by a magnifying glass—one of those round spectacle-glasses that make everything look a hundred times bigger than it is? When any one takes one […]

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The Old House by Hans Christian Andersen The Old House Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Old House A very old house stood once in a street with several that were quite new and clean. The date of its erection had been carved on one of the beams, and surrounded by scrolls formed of […]

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