"The Sand-Hills of Jutland" by H. C. Andersen (translated by Mrs. Bushby). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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H. C. Andersen. The Sand-Hills of Jutland
The Sand-Hills of Jutland
Table of Contents
The Sand-hills of Jutland
The Mud-king's Daughter
The Quickest Runners
The Bell's Hollow
Soup made of a Sausage-stick
I
II
WHAT THE FIRST LITTLE MOUSE HAD SEEN AND LEARNT ON HER JOURNEY
III
WHAT THE SECOND MOUSE HAD TO RELATE
IV
WHAT THE FOURTH MOUSE—WHO SPOKE BEFORE THE THIRD ONE HAD SPOKEN—HAD TO RELATE
V
HOW THE SOUP WAS MADE
The Neck of a Bottle
The Old Bachelor's Nightcap
Something
The Old Oak Tree's Last Dream
A CHRISTMAS TALE
The Wind relates the Story of Waldemar Daae and his Daughters
The Girl who Trod upon Bread
Olé, the Watchman of the Tower
THE FIRST VISIT
THE SECOND VISIT
Anne Lisbeth; or, The Apparition of the Beach
Children's Prattle
A Row of Pearls
I
II
The Pen and the Inkstand
The Child in the Grave
Charming
THE END
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H. C. Andersen
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Far before them stretched the heath, but it looked like a beautifully variegated carpet; the ling was in flower, the Cyprus-green juniper bushes and the fresh oak shoots seemed like bouquets among the heather. But for the many poisonous vipers, how delightful it would have been to roll about there! The party spoke of them, and of the numerous wolves that had abounded in that neighbourhood, on account of which the district was called Ulvborg-Herred. The old man who was driving related how, in his father's time, the horses had often to fight a hard battle with these now extirpated wild animals; and that one morning, on coming out, he found one of his horses treading upon a wolf he had killed; but the flesh was entirely stripped from the horse's legs.
Too quickly for Jörgen did they drive over the uneven heath, and through the deep sand. They stopped at length before the house of mourning, which was crowded with strangers, some inside, some on the outside. Vehicle after vehicle stood together; the horses and oxen were turned out amidst the meagre grass; large sand-hills, like those at home by the German Ocean, were to be seen behind the farm, and stretched far away in wide long ranges. How had they come there, twelve miles inland, and nearly as high and as large as those near the shore? The wind had lifted them and removed them: they also had their history.
