Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. First Series

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Hans Christian Andersen. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. First Series

PREFACE

THE FIR TREE

LITTLE TUK

THE UGLY DUCKLING

LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS

THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER

LITTLE THUMBELINA

SUNSHINE STORIES

THE DARNING-NEEDLE

THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

THE LOVING PAIR

THE LEAPING MATCH

THE HAPPY FAMILY

THE GREENIES

OLE-LUK-OIE THE DREAM GOD

THE MONEY BOX

ELDER-TREE MOTHER

THE SNOW QUEEN

THE ROSES AND THE SPARROWS

THE OLD HOUSE

THE CONCEITED APPLE BRANCH

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FAR away in the forest, where the warm sun and the fresh air made a sweet resting place, grew a pretty little fir tree. The situation was all that could be desired; and yet the tree was not happy, it wished so much to be like its tall companions, the pines and firs which grew around it.

The sun shone, and the soft air fluttered its leaves, and the little peasant children passed by, prattling merrily; but the fir tree did not heed them.

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Oh, how they rushed upon it! There was such a riot that the branches cracked, and had it not been fastened with the glistening star to the ceiling, it must have been thrown down.

Then the children danced about with their pretty toys, and no one noticed the tree except the children's maid, who came and peeped among the branches to see if an apple or a fig had been forgotten.

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