| THE SNOW QUEEN |
| [One day he was in a high state of delight because he had invented a
mirror] |
| [Many a winter's night she flies through the streets] |
| [Then an old, old woman came out of the house] |
| [She has read all the newspapers in the world, and forgotten them again,
so clever is she] |
| ['It is gold, it is gold!' they cried] |
| [Kissed her on the mouth, while big shining tears trickled down its
face] |
| [The Snow Queen sat in the very middle of it when she sat at home] |
| THE NIGHTINGALE |
| [Even the poor fisherman ... lay still to listen to it] |
| ['Is it possible?' said the gentleman-in-waiting. 'I should never have
thought it was like that'] |
| [Took some water into their mouths to try and make the same gurgling,
... thinking so to equal the nightingale] |
| [The music-master wrote five-and-twenty volumes about the artificial
bird] |
| [Even Death himself listened to the song] |
| THE REAL PRINCESS |
| ['I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what
was in the bed. I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my
whole body is black and blue this morning. It is terrible!' (Frontispiece)] |
| THE GARDEN OF PARADISE |
| [His grandmother had told him ... that every flower in the Garden
of Paradise was a delicious cake ] |
| [The Eastwind flew more swiftly still] |
| [The Fairy of the Garden now advanced to meet them ] |
| [The Fairy dropped her shimmering garment, drew back the branches,
and a moment after was hidden within their depths] |
| THE MERMAID |
| [The Merman King had been for many years a widower ] |
| [He must have died if the little mermaid had not come to the
rescue] |
| [At the mere sight of the bright liquid] |
| [The prince asked who she was and how she came there] |
| [Dashed overboard and fell, her body dissolving into foam] |
| THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES |
| [The poor old minister stared as hard as he could, but he could not see
anything] |
| [Then the Emperor walked along in the procession under the gorgeous
canopy, and everybody in the streets and at the windows exclaimed,
'How beautiful the Emperor's new clothes are!'] |
| THE WIND'S TALE |
| [She played upon the ringing lute, and sang to its tones] |
| [She was always picking flowers and herbs ] |
| [He lifted it with a trembling hand and shouted with a trembling voice:
'Gold! gold!'] |
| [Waldemar Daa hid it in his bosom, took his staff in his hand, and, with
his three daughters, the once wealthy gentleman walked out of
Borreby Hall for the last time] |
