Andersen’s Fairy Tales

SIXTH STORY. The Lapland Woman and the Finland Woman Suddenly they stopped before a little house, which looked very miserable. T ...

the Reindeer, bound her fast, and away sprang the animal. ‘Ddsa! Ddsa!’ was again heard in the air; the most charming blue light ...

upturned. Will you give the little maiden a potion, that she may possess the strength of twelve men, and vanquish the Snow Queen ...

‘I can give her no more power than what she has already. ‘Don’t you see how great it is? Don’t you see how men and animals are f ...

above, and they were quite bright and shining from the Aurora Borealis. The flakes ran along the ground, and the nearer they cam ...

feet; and then she felt the cold less, and went on quickly towards the palace of the Snow Queen. But now we shall see how Kay fa ...

SEVENTH STORY. What Took Place in the Palace of the Snow Queen, and what Happened Afterward The walls of the palace were of driv ...

Little Kay was quite blue, yes nearly black with cold; but he did not observe it, for she had kissed away all feeling of cold fr ...

halls of ice that were miles long, and looked at the blocks of ice, and thought and thought till his skull was almost cracked. T ...

And he held fast by Gerda, who laughed and wept for joy. It was so beautiful, that even the blocks of ice danced about for joy; ...

made some new clothes for them and repaired their sledges. The Reindeer and the young hind leaped along beside them, and accompa ...

‘Oh! The Raven is dead,’ she answered. ‘His tame sweetheart is a widow, and wears a bit of black worsted round her leg; she lame ...

bright sunshine, and read aloud from the Bible: ‘Unless ye become as little children, ye cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.’ An ...

Then came the Grasshopper. He was considerably heavier, but he was well-mannered, and wore a green uniform, which he had by righ ...

mild winter, and that was what one could not see even on the back of the man who writes the almanac. ‘I say nothing, it is true, ...

‘It’s all the same to me,’ said the Flea. ‘She may have the old Leap-frog, for all I care. I jumped the highest; but in this wor ...

‘Now drink your tea,’ said the boy’s mother; ‘then, perhaps, you may hear a fairy tale.’ ‘If I had but something new to tell,’ s ...

‘Do tell me something! Pray do!’ ‘Yes, if a fairy tale would come of its own accord; but they are proud and haughty, and come on ...

A row of buildings for seamen in Copenhagen. ‘Just such another large blooming Elder Tree stands near the New Booths. It grew t ...

‘‘True; but first we went to school to learn somewhat,’ said she; ‘and then we were confirmed. We both cried; but in the afterno ...