Hans Christian Andersen

The Shepherdess and the Sweep by Hans Christian Andersen The Shepherdess and the Sweep Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Shepherdess and the Sweep Have you ever seen an old wooden cupboard quite black with age, and ornamented with carved foliage and curious figures? Well, just such a cupboard stood in a parlor, and […]

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The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen The Shadow Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Shadow In very hot climates, where the heat of the sun has great power, people are usually as brown as mahogany; and in the hottest countries they are negroes, with black skins. A learned man once travelled into one of […]

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Little Tuk by Hans Christian Andersen Little Tuk Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Little Tuk Yes, they called him Little Tuk, but it was not his real name; he had called himself so before he could speak plainly, and he meant it for Charles. It was all very well for those who knew him, […]

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The Sunbeam and the Captive by Hans Christian Andersen The Sunbeam and the Captive Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Sunbeam and the Captive It is autumn. We stand on the ramparts, and look out over the sea. We look at the numerous ships, and at the Swedish coast on the opposite side of […]

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The Neighbouring Families by Hans Christian Andersen The Neighbouring Families Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Neighbouring Families One would have thought that something important was going on in the duck-pond, but it was nothing after all. All the ducks lying quietly on the water or standing on their heads in it—for they could […]

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By the Almshouse Window by Hans Christian Andersen By the Almshouse Window Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen By the Almshouse Window Near the grass-covered rampart which encircles Copenhagen lies a great red house. Balsams and other flowers greet us from the long rows of windows in the house, whose interior is sufficiently poverty-stricken; and […]

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The Old Street Lamp by Hans Christian Andersen The Old Street Lamp Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Old Street Lamp Did you ever hear the story of the old street lamp? It is not remarkably interesting, but for once in a way you may as well listen to it. It was a most […]

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The Little Match-Seller by Hans Christian Andersen The Little Match-Seller Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Little Match-Seller It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and the darkness, a poor little girl, with bare head and naked […]

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The Darning-Needle by Hans Christian Andersen The Darning-Needle Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Darning-Needle There was once a darning-needle who thought herself so fine that she fancied she must be fit for embroidery. “Hold me tight,” she would say to the fingers, when they took her up, “don’t let me fall; if you […]

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Holger Danske by Hans Christian Andersen Holger Danske Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Holger Danske In Denmark there stands an old castle named Kronenburg, close by the Sound of Elsinore, where large ships, both English, Russian, and Prussian, pass by hundreds every day. And they salute the old castle with cannons, “Boom, boom,” which […]

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The Bell by Hans Christian Andersen The Bell Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen The Bell In the narrow streets of a large town people often heard in the evening, when the sun was setting, and his last rays gave a golden tint to the chimney-pots, a strange noise which resembled the sound of a […]

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Grandmother by Hans Christian Andersen Grandmother Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen Grandmother Grandmother is very old, her face is wrinkled, and her hair is quite white; but her eyes are like two stars, and they have a mild, gentle expression in them when they look at you, which does you good. She wears a […]

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