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A STORY

BY THE ALMSHOUSE WINDOW

THE ANGEL

ANNE LISBETH

THE CONCEITED APPLE-BRANCH

BEAUTY OF FORM AND BEAUTY OF MIND

THE BEETLE WHO WENT ON HIS TRAVELS

THE BELL

THE BELL-DEEP

THE BIRD OF POPULAR SONG

THE BISHOP OF BORGLUM AND HIS WARRIORS

THE BOTTLE NECK

THE BUCKWHEAT

THE BUTTERFLY

A CHEERFUL TEMPER

THE CHILD IN THE GRAVE

CHILDREN’S PRATTLE

THE FARM-YARD COCK AND THE WEATHER-COCK

THE DAISY

THE DARNING-NEEDLE

DELAYING IS NOT FORGETTING

THE DROP OF WATER

THE DRYAD

JACK THE DULLARD AN OLD STORY TOLD ANEW

THE DUMB BOOK

THE ELF OF THE ROSE

THE ELFIN HILL

THE EMPEROR’S NEW SUIT

THE FIR TREE

THE FLAX

THE FLYING TRUNK

THE SHEPHERD’S STORY OF THE BOND OF FRIENDSHIP

THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAF

THE GOBLIN AND THE HUCKSTER

THE GOLDEN TREASURE

THE GOLOSHES OF FORTUNE A BEGINNING

SHE WAS GOOD FOR NOTHING

GRANDMOTHER

A GREAT GRIEF

THE HAPPY FAMILY

A LEAF FROM HEAVEN

HOLGER DANSKE

IB AND LITTLE CHRISTINA

THE ICE MAIDEN I. LITTLE RUDY

THE JEWISH MAIDEN

THE JUMPER

THE LAST DREAM OF THE OLD OAK

THE LAST PEARL

LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS

THE LITTLE ELDER-TREE MOTHER

LITTLE IDA’S FLOWERS

THE LITTLE MATCH-SELLER

THE LITTLE MERMAID

LITTLE TINY OR THUMBELINA

LITTLE TUK

THE LOVELIEST ROSE IN THE WORLD

THE MAIL-COACH PASSENGERS

THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER

THE METAL PIG

THE MONEY-BOX

WHAT THE MOON SAW INTRODUCTION

THE NEIGHBOURING FAMILIES

THE NIGHTINGALE

THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

IN THE NURSERY

THE OLD BACHELOR’S NIGHTCAP

THE OLD CHURCH BELL (WRITTEN FOR THE SCHILLER ALBUM)

THE OLD GRAVE-STONE

THE OLD HOUSE

WHAT THE OLD MAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHT

THE OLD STREET LAMP

OLE-LUK-OIE, THE DREAM-GOD

OLE THE TOWER-KEEPER

OUR AUNT

THE GARDEN OF PARADISE

THE PEA BLOSSOM

THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND

THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE

THE PHOENIX BIRD

THE PORTUGUESE DUCK

THE PORTER’S SON

POULTRY MEG’S FAMILY

THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

THE PSYCHE

THE PUPPET-SHOW MAN

THE RACES

THE RED SHOES

EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT PLACE

A ROSE FROM HOMER’S GRAVE

THE SNAIL AND THE ROSE-TREE

A STORY FROM THE SAND-HILLS

THE SAUCY BOY

THE SHADOW

THE SHEPHERDESS AND THE SHEEP

THE SILVER SHILLING

THE SHIRT-COLLAR

THE SNOW MAN

THE SNOW QUEEN IN SEVEN STORIES

THE SNOWDROP

SOMETHING

SOUP FROM A SAUSAGE SKEWER

THE STORKS

THE STORM SHAKES THE SHIELD

THE STORY OF A MOTHER

THE SUNBEAM AND THE CAPTIVE

THE SWAN’S NEST

THE SWINEHERD

THE THISTLE’S EXPERIENCES

THE THORNY ROAD OF HONOR

IN A THOUSAND YEARS

THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER

THE TINDER-BOX

THE TOAD

THE TOP AND BALL

THE TRAVELLING COMPANION

TWO BROTHERS

TWO MAIDENS

THE UGLY DUCKLING

UNDER THE WILLOW-TREE

IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE SEA

WHAT ONE CAN INVENT

THE WICKED PRINCE

THE WILD SWANS

THE WILL-O-THE WISP IS IN THE TOWN, SAYS THE MOOR WOMAN

THE STORY OF THE WIND

THE WINDMILL

THE STORY OF THE YEAR

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In the garden all the apple-trees were in blossom. They had hastened to bring forth flowers before they got green leaves, and in the yard all the ducklings walked up and down, and the cat too: it basked in the sun and licked the sunshine from its own paws. And when one looked at the fields, how beautifully the corn stood and how green it shone, without comparison! and there was a twittering and a fluttering of all the little birds, as if the day were a great festival; and so it was, for it was Sunday. All the bells were ringing, and all the people went to church, looking cheerful, and dressed in their best clothes. There was a look of cheerfulness on everything. The day was so warm and beautiful that one might well have said: “God’s kindness to us men is beyond all limits.” But inside the church the pastor stood in the pulpit, and spoke very loudly and angrily. He said that all men were wicked, and God would punish them for their sins, and that the wicked, when they died, would be cast into hell, to burn for ever and ever. He spoke very excitedly, saying that their evil propensities would not be destroyed, nor would the fire be extinguished, and they should never find rest. That was terrible to hear, and he said it in such a tone of conviction; he described hell to them as a miserable hole where all the refuse of the world gathers. There was no air beside the hot burning sulphur flame, and there was no ground under their feet; they, the wicked ones, sank deeper and deeper, while eternal silence surrounded them! It was dreadful to hear all that, for the preacher spoke from his heart, and all the people in the church were terrified. Meanwhile, the birds sang merrily outside, and the sun was shining so beautifully warm, it seemed as though every little flower said: “God, Thy kindness towards us all is without limits.” Indeed, outside it was not at all like the pastor’s sermon.