Category: Hans Christian Andersen
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A Story of a Mother
A mother desperately seeks her child taken by Death, confronting sorrow and difficult choices.
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The Darning Needle
A darning needle’s pride leads to misadventures and reflections on worth and identity.
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The Little Mermaid
By Hans Christian Andersen Far out in the ocean the water is as blue as the petals of the finest corn-flower, and as transparent as the purest glass. But it is very deep, much deeper indeed than any anchor-chain can fathom; many steeples would have to be piled one on the top of the other…
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The Rose Elf
By Hans christen Andersen in the midst of a garden grew a rose-tree; upon it were many, many roses; in one of them, the most beautiful of all, lived an elf. He was so very small that no human eye could perceive him. Behind every petal of the rose he had a bedroom. No child…
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
An emperor’s obsession with fashion leads to a revealing deception and public embarrassment.
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