 Andeson Fairy Tales:The Bottle Neck |
| 1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE BOTTLE NECK
by Hans Christian Andersen
CLOSE to the corner of a |
| The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors |
| 1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE BISHOP OF BORGLUM AND HIS WARRIORS
by Hans Christian Andersen
OUR scene is |
| The Bird of Popular Song |
| 1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE BIRD OF POPULAR SONG
by Hans Christian Andersen
IT is winter-time |
| Andeson Fairy Tales:The Bell |
| 1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE BELL
by Hans Christian Andersen
IN the narrow streets o |
| The Beetle Who Went on His Travels |
| 1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE BEETLE WHO WENT ON HIS TRAVELS
by Hans Christian Andersen
THERE was on |
| Andeson Fairy Tales:The Angel |
| 1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE ANGEL
by Hans Christian Andersen
"WHENEVER a good child |
| Soup from a Sausage Skewer |
| "WE had such an excellent dinner yesterday," said an old mouse
of the female sex to another who had not been present at the feast. "I
sat number twenty-one below the mouse-king, which was not a bad place.
Shall I tell you what we ha |
| Andeson Fairy Tales:Something |
| SOMETHING
"I MEAN to be somebody, and do something useful in the world,"
said the eldest of five brothers. "I don't care how humble my position
is, so that I can only do some good, which will be something. I intend
to be a br |
| She was Good for Nothing |
| THE mayor stood at the open window. He looked smart, for his
shirt-frill, in which he had stuck a breast-pin, and his ruffles, were
very fine. He had shaved his chin uncommonly smooth, although he had
cut himself slightly, and had s |
| Fairy Tales:Poultry Meg's Family |
| POULTRY MEG was the only person who lived in the new stately
dwelling that had been built for the fowls and ducks belonging to
the manor house. It stood there where once the old knightly building
had stood with its tower, its pointe |
| Andeson Fairy Tales:Our Aunt |
| You ought to have known our aunt; she was charming! That is to
say, she was not charming at all as the word is usually understood;
but she was good and kind, amusing in her way, and was just as any one
ought to be whom people are to |
| Andeson Fairy Tales:The Bell-Deep |
| 1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE BELL-DEEP
by Hans Christian Andersen
"DING-DONG! ding-dong |
| Ole-Luk-Oie, the Dream-God |
| THERE is nobody in the world who knows so many stories as
Ole-Luk-Oie, or who can relate them so nicely. In the evening, while
the children are seated at the table or in their little chairs, he
comes up the stairs very softly, for h |
| Andeson Fairy Tales:Ole the Tower-Keeper |
| "IN the world it's always going up and down; and now I can't go up
any higher!" So said Ole the tower-keeper. "Most people have to try
both the ups and the downs; and, rightly considered, we all get to
be watchmen at last, and look |
| Andeson Fairy Tales: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, but not
for strangers.
Little Tu |
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