... the Fir Tree. ‘I will enjoy to the full all
my splendor! To-morrow I shall hear again the story of Humpy-Dumpy, and
Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
THE FIR TREE
Out in the ... always
the finest looking, retained their branches; they were laid on carts, and the
horses drew them out of the wood.
‘Where are they going to?’ asked the Fir. ‘The...
... finish the Emperor’s new suit.
They pretended to roll the cloth off the looms; cut the air with their scissors;
and sewed with needles without any thread in them. ‘See!’ cried they, at last.
The ... repeat
them to the Emperor; and then the knaves asked for more silk and gold,
saying that it was necessary to complete what they had begun. However,
they put all that was given...
... much
the best of the bargain. First there will be a capital roast; then the fat will
find me in goose-grease for six months; and then there are all the
beautiful white feathers. I will put them ... much the faster.
The world may very likely not always think of them as they think of
themselves, but what care they for the world? what can it know about the
matter?
One of the...
... straight in the air.
The wolf and the wild boar were first on the ground; and when they
espied their enemies coming, and saw the cat’s long tail standing straight
in the air, they thought ... limped, they thought she was picking up a stone to
throw at them; so they said they should not like this way of fighting, and
the boar lay down behind a bush, and the wolf jumped up in...
... from afar their father’s house. Then they began to run,
rushed into the parlour, and threw themselves round their father’s neck.
The man had not known one happy hour since he had left the children ... Gretel sat by the fire, and when noon came, each ate a little
piece of bread, and as they heard the strokes of the wood-axe they
believed that their father was near. It was not t...
... straight to the grandmother’s house and knocked
at the door.
’Who is there?’
’Little Red-Cap,’ replied the wolf. ‘She is bringing cake and wine; open
the door.’
’Lift the latch,’ called out the ...
’Where does your grandmother live, Little Red-Cap?’
’A good quarter of a league farther on in the wood; her house stands
under the three large oak-trees, the nut-trees are...
...
betrothed—to the boot-jack!’
‘Betrothed!’ exclaimed the collar. Now there was no other to court, and so
he despised it.
A long time passed away, then the collar came into the rag chest at the ... exclaimed the collar; and then it was taken out of the washing-tub.
It was starched, hung over the back of a chair in the sunshine, and was then
laid on the ironing-blanket;...
... upon a beam, the cat sat down in
the fireplace, the duck got into the washing cistern, the pin stuck
himself into the bed pillow, the millstone laid himself over the
house door, and the egg rolled ... up in the towel.
When Mr Korbes came home, he went to the fireplace to make a
fire; but the cat threw all the ashes in his eyes: so he ran to the
kitchen to wash...
... and,
fetching the egg, they pecked a hole in it, ate it up, and threw the
shells into the fireplace: they then went to the pin and needle,
who were fast asleep, and seizing them by the heads, ... good deal from one side to the other, they made up their minds
to fix their quarters there: butthe landlord at first was unwilling,
and said his house was full, thinking they might n...