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Omslagsbild för The Money-Box
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The Money-Box

There were many toys in the bedroom and the proudest of all was the money-box: she sat above the wardrobe and knew that, in her belly, she had all she needed to buy all the other t ...


Omslagsbild för A Leaf from Heaven
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A Leaf from Heaven

Once upon a time there was an angel from heaven who flew above the earth with a leaf of paradise in his hands. He dropped it while kissing it and the tiny leaf landed on the earth ...


Omslagsbild för Two Maidens
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Two Maidens

The "maidens" are tools used by pavers to push down paving stones. One day, it was decided that they would be called "hand rammers" and not "maidens", but the tools themselves did ...


Omslagsbild för Heartache
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Heartache

When an old man’s dog died, his grandchildren buried the poor pet and set up a fine gravestone. It seemed respectful and nice of them. Until they started asking for admission fees ...


Omslagsbild för The Old Tombstone
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The Old Tombstone

One evening, in a house, a family comes together. In the courtyard is an old gravestone, still in one piece, but whose epitaph is partially obscured. This is the subject of the fam ...


Omslagsbild för The Swan's Nest
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The Swan's Nest

"Between the Baltic and the North seas is an old swan’s nest, which is called Denmark: swans are born here, whose names will never die." This is the story of the swans, who, in anc ...


Omslagsbild för The Puppet-show Man
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The Puppet-show Man

There was once a theatre director who lived on an ocean liner and he was very happy. He was a theatre director and he carried all his actors in a small suitcase: they were puppets. ...


Omslagsbild för The Silent Book
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The Silent Book

In a farmyard, in the middle of a forest, was a coffin, inside which lay an elderly scholar. In his hands was a book and between its pages were dried leaves and flowers full of sto ...


Omslagsbild för The Phoenix Bird
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The Phoenix Bird

The phoenix is an extraordinary bird, who was born in the garden of Eden and travels all over the world and through time. Where is he and what has he seen? Here, Andersen answers t ...


Omslagsbild för Picturebook Without Pictures
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Picturebook Without Pictures

The series of sketches of 'What the Moon Saw' arose from the experiences of Andersen, when as a youth he went to seek his fortune in Copenhagen. Uniquely, the story is split into 3 ...


Omslagsbild för The Bond of Friendship
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The Bond of Friendship

"We fly over the shores of Denmark, to far-off foreign countries and arrive in the south, in Greece with its beautiful turquoise sea" In Greece, two boys had, for a long time, been ...


Omslagsbild för A Rose from Homer's Grave
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A Rose from Homer's Grave

The poet Homer, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is buried near Smyrna (Izmir in Turkey). In this forgotten corner of the world, a beautiful rose bush grows and one of its rose ...


Omslagsbild för The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
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The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Do we see the real personality of people or is there more luring behind the surface? Sometimes the ones we trust the most might be playing a role contrary to their character. In hi ...


Omslagsbild för The Hare and the Tortoise
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The Hare and the Tortoise

Is talent more important to success than hard work? Sometimes if we are determined and focused on our goals, we can overcome even the strongest opponents. And vise versa: we should ...


Omslagsbild för The North Wind and the Sun
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The North Wind and the Sun

Who do you think is stronger – the Sun or the North Wind? They both found themselves in a dispute because they both thought that they were strongest. They saw a traveler who was ju ...


Omslagsbild för The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
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The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs

A touch of fortune can sometimes be enough to unlock endless greed in a person. And greed is rarely a good advisor as it could lead us to a short-sighted destruction of a valuable ...


Omslagsbild för The Fox and the Grapes
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The Fox and the Grapes

Sometimes no matter how hard we try, we cannot reach our goal. And, of course, it is much easier to claim our goal undesirable than to admit defeat. There is hardly a child who doe ...


Omslagsbild för The Fox and the Crow
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The Fox and the Crow

Sweet words and manipulative compliments can make everyone's head spin. The 'Fox and the Crow' teaches us to keep clear mind in the face of flattery. Aesop (620–564 BCE) was a sto ...


Omslagsbild för What Old Johanne Told
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What Old Johanne Told

Rasmus was a bitter, pessimistic young boy who was nothing like his good and pious mother. Rasmus was with a free spirit and he could not bear living in a small town. So he set on ...


Omslagsbild för Urbanus
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Urbanus

Urbanus was a young and pious young man who was entrusted with the keys to the cloister’s book collection. Urbanus spent his days reading the writings of the Apostle Paul. He was h ...


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This Fable is Intended for You

Why were the fables created? Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of the wise men of ancient times who ingeniously discovered how to tell people the truth without being blunt to ...


Omslagsbild för The Talisman
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The Talisman

A prince and a princess were just married. They were in love, their relationship was stronger than anything. And they wanted to keep it like that forever. But how? They thought tha ...


Omslagsbild för The Pigs
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The Pigs

If you think that the destiny of four pigs and one coach can’t become intertwined, you may as well grab Hans Christian Andersen’s tale "The Pigs". When everything seems predestined ...


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The Poor Woman and the Little Canary Bird 

Once lived an old woman who was so poor that she could not afford to buy coffin for her death husband. She was desperate and hopeless and the only thing that kept her going was the ...


Omslagsbild för The Penman 
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The Penman 

There once was a man who held an office that required good penmanship. While he filled the office ably otherwise, he was incapable of good penmanship, so he advertised in the newsp ...