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"But he has nothing on at all," said a little child at last. "Good
heavens! listen to the voice of an innocent child," said the
father, and one whispered to the other what the child had
said. "But he has nothing on at all," cried at last the whole
people. That made a deep impression upon the emperor, for it
seemed to him that they were right; but he thought to
himself, "Now I must bear up to the end." And the chamber-
lains walked with still greater dignity, as if they carried the train
which did not exist. from “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
Autumn came, and the leaves in the forest turned to orange
and gold. Then, as winter approached, the wind caught
them as they fell. from “The Ugly Duckling”
He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble,
because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the
pleasure and happiness around him. from “The Ugly Duckling”
His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and
disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan.
To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no
consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.
from “The Ugly Duckling”
Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the
prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very
deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it:
many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not
reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water
above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects.
from “The Little Mermaid”
Each little princess had her own little plot of garden where
she could dig and plant just as she liked. One made her
flower-bed in the shape of a whale, another thought it nice
to have hers like a little mermaid; but the youngest made
hers quite round like the sun, and she would only have
flowers of a rosy hue like its beams. from “The Little Mermaid”
She made her old grandmother tell her all she knew of the
ships and of the towns, the people and the animals. To her it
seemed most wonderful and beautiful to hear that the
flowers of the land had fragrance, while those below the sea
had none; that the trees of the forest were green; and that
the fishes among the trees could sing so sweetly that it was a
pleasure to listen to them. Her grandmother called the birds
fishes, or the little mermaid would not have understood what
was meant, for she had never seen birds.
from “The Little Mermaid”
Death continued to stare at the emperor with his cold,
hollow eyes, and the room was fearfully still. Suddenly there
came through the open window the sound of sweet music.
Outside, on the bough of a tree, sat the living nightingale.
She had heard of the emperor’s illness, and was therefore
come to sing to him of hope and trust. And as she sung, the
shadows grew paler and paler; the blood in the emperor’s
veins flowed more rapidly, and gave life to his weak limbs;
and even Death himself listened, and said, “Go on, little
nightingale, go on.” from “The Nightingale”
She is flying there where the swarm is thickest. She is the
largest of them all and never remains on the earth, but flies
up to the dark clouds. Often at midnight she flies through the
streets of the town and breathes with her frosty breath upon
the windows; then the ice freezes on the panes into
wonderful forms that look like flowers and castles.
from “The Snow Queen”
The swallow rose in the air and flew over forest and over
sea—high above the highest mountains, covered with
eternal snow. Thumbelina would have been frozen in the
cold air, but she crept under the bird’s warm feathers,
keeping her little head uncovered, so that she might admire
the beautiful lands over which they passed. At length they
reached the warm countries, where the sun shines brightly
and the sky seems so much higher above the earth.
from “Thumbelina”
The birches, waving in the wind, looked as full of life as in
summer and as wondrously beautiful. Where the sun shone,
everything glittered and sparkled as if diamond dust had
been strewn about; and the snowy carpet of the earth
seemed covered with diamonds from which gleamed
countless lights, whiter even than the snow itself.
from “The Snowman”
How it blazed and burned! It gave out a warm, bright flame
like a little candle, as she held her hands over it. A wonderful
little light it was. It really seemed to the little girl as if she sat
before a great iron stove with polished brass feet and brass
shovel and tongs. from “The Little Match Girl”
The matches glowed with a light that was brighter than the
noon-day, and her grandmother had never appeared so
large or so beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and
they both flew upwards in brightness and joy far above the
earth, where there was neither cold nor hunger nor pain, for
they were with God. from “The Little Match Girl”
Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have
sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”
from “The Butterfly”
One evening, just as the sun was setting amid radiant clouds,
there came a large flock of beautiful birds out of the bushes.
The duckling had never seen any like them before. They
were swans; and they curved their graceful necks, while their
soft plumage shone with dazzling whiteness. They uttered a
singular cry as they spread their glorious wings and flew
away from those cold regions to warmer countries across the
sea. from “The Ugly Duckling”
They could see she was a real Princess and no question
about it, now that she had felt one pea all the way through
twenty mattresses and twenty more feather beds. Nobody
but a Princess could be so delicate.
from “The Princess and the Pea”