Unicorn

Hans Christian Andersen

The Swineherd

There was once a poor Prince, who had a kingdom. His kingdom was very small, but still quite large enough to marry upon; and he wished to ma...

The Real Princess

There was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of fi...

The Shoes Of Fortune

I. A Beginning Every author has some peculiarity in his descriptions or in his style of writing. Those who do not like him, magnify it, sh...

The Fir Tree

Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had was a very good one: the sun shone on him: as to fresh air, there was enough...

The Snow Queen

FIRST STORY. Which Treats of a Mirror and of the Splinters Now then, let us begin. When we are at the end of the story, we shall know more...

The Leap-Frog

A Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else bes...

The Elderbush

Once upon a time there was a little boy who had taken cold. He had gone out and got his feet wet; though nobody could imagine how it had hap...

The Bell

People said "The Evening Bell is sounding, the sun is setting." For a strange wondrous tone was heard in the narrow streets of a large town....

The Old House

In the street, up there, was an old, a very old house-it was almost three hundred years old, for that might be known by reading the great be...

The Tales World