Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen
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FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
CONTENTS
A Story By the Almshouse Window The Angel Anne Lisbeth
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 The Dumb Cook
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 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
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
The Neighbouring Families The Nightingale There is no Doubt about it In the Nursery
The Old Bachelor's Nightcap The Old Church Bell 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 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
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen
- 2: And in the yard all the ducklings walked up and down
- 3: And not doomed to be tortured eternally by fire
- 4: You are snoring the whole night
- 5: The building is the Warton Almshouse
- 6: And other rubbish not pleasant to see
- 7: But He kissed the withered field flower
- 8: That the skipper took a dram to warm him
- 9: Not one of them knew Anne Lisbeth
- 10: And Anne Lisbeth fell down in horror
- 11: And thus it was with Anne Lisbeth
- 12: Anne Lisbeth sunk to the ground
- 13: Anne Lisbeth returned to her home
- 14: No one ever places it in a nosegay
- 15: Then the sunbeam kissed the lowly flower
- 16: She was a study for the sculptor to contemplate
- 17: Alfred and Kaela were betrothed
- 18: Kaela's beauty had a firm hold on Alfred
- 19: And all was over with the casket
- 20: Where the farrier had been shoeing the horse
- 21: And the beetle was able to rub the water from his eyes
- 22: Now you shall also see my little earwigs
- 23: And the beetle maidens tittered again
- 24: Suddenly a hand seized the beetle
- 25: And the beetle found himself at home again
- 26: And the confirmed children sang too
- 27: He pulled at the short sleeves of his jacket
- 28: And flew down into the Odense Au
- 29: For the bell is ringing and singing its loud Ding dong
- 30: Till the heaven bells sound Ding dong
- 31: Everything living in it is piep
- 32: And the opinion is goo goo good
- 33: His rich cousin at Thyland is dead
- 34: And consequently will journey from Borglum to Thyland
- 35: Which Jens Glob hastily closes between them
- 36: An old bent bird cage hung in the sunshine
- 37: As a champagne bottle remains the same
- 38: There was the red wax on the cork
- 39: And so it happened that whenever Peter Jensen brought it out
- 40: And then it was taken up to the loft
- 41: And let down again in a parachute
- 42: A field of buckwheat appears blackened and singed
- 43: But the buckwheat spread itself out with pride
- 44: Therefore the butterfly turned to the mint on the ground
- 45: And then also I take in the Intelligencer
- 46: These serviceable cords behind other embroidered bell ropes
- 47: Because he belonged to the family
- 48: The coffin was carried to the grave
- 49: And the eyes beamed with youthful radiance
- 50: Would her husband and her daughters flit past
- 51: Although his name ended in sen
- 52: And hens and chicks clucked and chirped
- 53: But not to the peonies and tulips no
- 54: Each of your white petals a fragrant flower
- 55: The darning needle spoke to it
- 56: Meta to the kennel by the chain
- 57: Therein lives a poor paralysed girl
- 58: But what a kribbling and krabbling was there
- 59: The Dryad rejoiced in her life
- 60: And the Dryad no less attentively
- 61: The Dryad grasped at the cloud world
- 62: And between them the fresh green turf
- 63: But not the longing of the Dryad
- 64: And whither the Dryad was going
- 65: The Dryad asked herself if these high grown houses
- 66: Each of which concealed its Dryad
- 67: And past the tree of the Dryad
- 68: The Dryad had heard and had understood it
- 69: He squeaked in honor of the old time
- 70: The Dryad had been carried away
- 71: Then she would look something like a respectable barbel
- 72: The first ray fell on the Dryad
- 73: And indeed he was generally known as Jack the Dullard
- 74: And there was Jack the Dullard again
- 75: Because I'm roasting young pullets
- 76: In an arbour formed by lilac bushes in full bloom
- 77: The swallow passes again twit
- 78: The little elf accompanied him
- 79: The little elf of the rose followed it
- 80: They expect friends in the elfin hill
- 81: Who lives in the ancient Dovre mountains
- 82: Then they entered the elfin hill
- 83: Then her youngest sister whispered to the old goblin
- 84: One day two swindlers came to this city
- 85: He went to the two clever swindlers
- 86: The swindlers pretended to work
- 87: But the fir tree heeded them not
- 88: But the fir tree regarded them not
- 89: For they wanted to hear the story of Ivede Avede
- 90: Humpty Dumpty fell down stairs
- 91: THE FLAXThe flax was in full bloom
- 92: Basse lurre The song is ended
- 93: And the last spark was the schoolmaster
- 94: Whenever the bottom of the trunk cracked
- 95: It was ready however by Saturday
- 96: So the broom found another wreath for the tongs
- 97: A spark from the fireworks which remained had set it on fire
- 98: Carrying my little sister Anastasia
- 99: Aphtanides knew how to manage our boat
- 100: Once our beloved Aphtanides paid us a visit
- 101: And my mother kissed Aphtanides
- 102: Dark as the heart of poor Aphtanides
- 103: So Inge put on her best clothes
- 104: Inge heard her kind mistress say
- 105: She wept and prayed for poor Inge
- 106: The huckster could afford this
- 107: The little goblin had never imagined
- 108: I cannot quite give up the huckster
- 109: In the hollow way in the clayey bank
- 110: Bombshells tore away the flesh in red strips
- 111: And therefore she dreamt of him
- 112: Charlotte blushed to guess at it
- 113: And goloshes were carefully placed
- 114: Through the magic power of the goloshes
- 115: It was a tavern of the olden times
- 116: This answer satisfied the counsellor
- 117: Two minutes afterwards he sat in a droschky
- 118: Through the goloshes of Fortune
- 119: We have on the goloshes of Fortune
- 120: But the goloshes remained at the hospital
- 121: But no one sent for the goloshes
- 122: With his boots and goloshes on
- 123: They look exactly like my own goloshes
- 124: And at night I can dream that I am a lark
- 125: But it only sounded to the boy like tweet
- 126: The canary bird fluttered in his cage
- 127: I should like to see beautiful Switzerland
- 128: Every corpse is a sphinx of immortality
- 129: What happiness have your goloshes brought to mankind
- 130: And then Martha repeated to the laundress
- 131: After a while the laundress recovered herself
- 132: And therein lies the misfortune
- 133: Grandmother knows a great deal
- 134: And the nightingale sat among the flowers
- 135: Puggie had died in the morning
- 136: But the burdock still flourished
- 137: He has the whole burdock forest
- 138: Repeated the thistles and the nettles
- 139: The poor swineherd took these words to heart
- 140: Then Holger Danske will rouse himself
- 141: Holger Danske and the old coat of arms
- 142: And Kronenburg returned the salute
- 143: Ib and Christina agreed together in everything
- 144: At last they both lost themselves in the thicket
- 145: So Ib and Christina took leave of each other
- 146: In stepped the boatman and Christina
- 147: Two letters passed between Ib and Christina
- 148: Ib lost himself in the streets
- 149: Little Christina sat on Ib's knee
- 150: This was something for Rudy to know
- 151: Rudy had travelled a great deal
- 152: Crossed the Gemmi on her way to Grindelwald
- 153: Rudy had many to say farewell to
- 154: Rudy is going away over the mountains
- 155: And concealed within was a fohn
- 156: And Rudy was as yet a stranger
- 157: Saperli can only take the letters to the post
- 158: To pray Him to let Saperli die
- 159: Not far from this spot stands the town of Bex
- 160: And there are shooting matches at Interlachen
- 161: And Rudy was soon amongst them
- 162: It was the rich miller from Bex
- 163: Which had brought him to Interlachen
- 164: Rudy allowed himself to be kissed
- 165: And Rudy trod heavily on my tail
- 166: We will take young Ragli with us
- 167: Rudy could only break his neck
- 168: As he entered the miller's house at Bex
- 169: And people said it was the rolling of an avalanche
- 170: And did not stop till it reached Bernex
- 171: Rudy thought all this quite unnecessary
- 172: The mill at Bex stood in the highway
- 173: Whom he had met near Grindelwald
- 174: The greatest happiness was coming for Rudy and Babette
- 175: She felt she was committing a sin against Rudy
- 176: Rudy swung Babette round two or three times
- 177: She raised herself towards Rudy
- 178: Where can Rudy and Babette be in this awful weather
- 179: The railway is opened beyond Chillon
- 180: When the knight stood before the captive pasha
- 181: But Sarah refused to leave the house
- 182: But not to the churchyard of the Christians
- 183: The Skipjack stood a long time considering
- 184: And slept peacefully and sweetly
- 185: His topmost boughs became broader and fuller
- 186: As a token of joy and festivity
- 187: And formed itself into a pearl
- 188: Little Claus was obliged to plough for Great Claus
- 189: Looking up and discovering Little Claus
- 190: You must sell your conjuror to me
- 191: So he ran off directly to Little Claus
- 192: When Little Claus reached home again
- 193: Sighed Little Claus in the sack
- 194: Believing it to be Little Claus
- 195: But I cannot carry you there in a sack
- 196: And the little boy looked at the teapot
- 197: Soon afterwards the children and grandchildren came
- 198: And they were again in the green beechwood
- 199: The elder blossom was still in it
- 200: The flowers have capital balls there
- 201: Can the flowers from the Botanical Gardens go to these balls
- 202: Ida placed the flowers in the doll's bed
- 203: The carnival rod went on dancing
- 204: With their crossbows on their shoulders
- 205: And there was a savory smell of roast goose
- 206: The large amber windows were open
- 207: And to swim about where she pleased
- 208: And large icebergs were floating about
- 209: To the little mermaid this appeared pleasant sport
- 210: And the mermaid saw that the prince came to life again
- 211: Asked the little mermaid mournfully
- 212: Then the little mermaid sighed
- 213: In which all the trees and flowers were polypi
- 214: But the little mermaid had no occasion to do this
- 215: Then the little mermaid drank the magic draught
- 216: The eyes of the little mermaid seemed to say
- 217: The little mermaid kissed his hand
- 218: And you will be once more a mermaid
- 219: Which was the price of the barleycorn
- 220: So the toad took up the elegant little bed
- 221: All the cockchafers turned up their feelers
- 222: The mole pushed his broad nose through the ceiling
- 223: Every evening the mole visited her
- 224: And as the swallow flew farther and farther
- 225: So the swallow flew down with Tiny
- 226: There goes the old washerwoman up the lane
- 227: I bring you many greetings from Corsor
- 228: Bring her the loveliest rose in the world
- 229: See for yourself in the passport
- 230: We'll dance the bung out of the cask at carnival time
- 231: The passports I will keep here
- 232: From one stork mamma to another
- 233: One of them threw off her plumage
- 234: And the little storks listened to it all
- 235: The Viking did not return on that day
- 236: Screamed the young storks in chorus
- 237: The young storks thought their eyes deceived them
- 238: Storks and making acquaintances
- 239: The papa stork could understand
- 240: The papa and mamma storks knew all this
- 241: It was sometimes as if Helga acted from sheer wickedness
- 242: But Helga said he ought to have ropes fastened to his heels
- 243: The frog figure beckoned to him to follow her
- 244: She snatched the sharp knife from her girdle
- 245: Was working in the heart of Helga
- 246: None noticed Helga but a flock of magpies
- 247: Beautiful Helga trembled at the look
- 248: The old stork flew round and round them in narrowing circles
- 249: Then beautiful Helga rose as a mighty swan
- 250: She thought of Helga in the form of a swan
- 251: And when Helga bent over her grandfather
- 252: Beautiful Helga took off her golden bracelets
- 253: Then Helga the fair prayed more gently
- 254: Then Helga stood again in the verandah
- 255: The Metal Pig raised himself gently
- 256: As you have seen me in the Porta Rosa
- 257: Madonna intended him for a glovemaker
- 258: Little smooth shaven Bellissima
- 259: But Bellissima would not stand still
- 260: In the back of the pig was a slit
- 261: The clock talked politics tick
- 262: And the lamp burned bravely on
- 263: Playing in the garden of the old parsonage
- 264: The chandelier gave little leaps
- 265: Which lasts till the fresh turf grows
- 266: EIGHTH EVENINGHeavy clouds obscured the sky
- 267: It was a glorious Greenland summer night
- 268: Every winter she wore a wrapper of yellow satin
- 269: And black Vesuvius formed the background
- 270: ' 'The stork brings no such things
- 271: FIFTEENTH EVENING I know a Pulcinella
- 272: When Pulcinella was in very bad spirits
- 273: And the golden ring was cast from the Bucentaur to Adria
- 274: The driver of the hearse was the only person present
- 275: From a town in Fezzan I followed a caravan
- 276: And looked at the spinning wheel
- 277: At the same moment I looked at the halls of the Vatican
- 278: It was the little chimney sweeper
- 279: His eyes following the airy caravan
- 280: Behind the wood pile poor Bruin
- 281: Before which no curtain was drawn
- 282: Their parents were sparrows too
- 283: The young sparrows now had feathers
- 284: Together with the young sparrow
- 285: The charred beams and the overhanging chimney
- 286: Thither flew the maiden sparrow
- 287: Then the sparrows thought that the roses reigned here
- 288: But when they heard the nightingale
- 289: My excellent little nightingale
- 290: Who had heard the real nightingale
- 291: When the artificial bird was singing its best
- 292: And the nightingale continued her singing
- 293: As she was flying upon the roost
- 294: Only little Anna and her grandpapa were left at home
- 295: And grandpapa took a newspaper
- 296: The rich merchants in Bremen and Lubeck
- 297: Such a nightcap was never seen
- 298: Pull his nightcap over his eyes
- 299: Open the door Tannhauser is here
- 300: Although Tristan means born in sorrow
- 301: And old Anthony thought of the minstrel's song
- 302: Everything in her basket the wine
- 303: They were in the nightcap still
- 304: His parents removed from Marbach
- 305: It stood in the shelter of the church wall in Marbach
- 306: Carried far away from Marbach and sold as old copper
- 307: As old as Preben Schwane then was
- 308: And gutters with dragons at the spout
- 309: She said neither thanks nor creak
- 310: The carved trumpeters blew Tanta ra ra
- 311: The piano sounded quite out of tune
- 312: People called it complete rubbish
- 313: Just such a farmhouse as this stood in a country lane
- 314: The ostler was carrying a sack
- 315: And the two Englishmen and the peasant got in
- 316: I could not even lend you a shrivelled apple
- 317: But the lamp did not know his successor
- 318: What will you give the old lamp
- 319: Hung on the wall and went tick
- 320: Ole Luk Oie seats himself upon the bed
- 321: But after Ole Luk Oie was gone
- 322: They all wanted to follow Hjalmar
- 323: Then Hjalmar went to the hen house
- 324: And then he touched Hjalmar with his magic wand
- 325: Cold weather is good for cabbages
- 326: Then Ole Luk Oie lifted Hjalmar up to the window
- 327: Death is a most splendid Luk Oie
- 328: Ride in the New Year's night through the air to Amack
- 329: And she has herself been at Amack as an invited guest
- 330: For there is goblin blood in his veins
- 331: Potsherds think everything is stupid
- 332: The omnibus ride on the great moving day
- 333: And sat with her feet in bran there
- 334: Procured a free admission for the Agent Fabs
- 335: Let Herr Fabs see how he would get in himself
- 336: She certainly only got half a guilder for that
- 337: And skeletons of walruses and polar bears
- 338: I saw the wild buffalo swimming in the river
- 339: He is the only phoenix in the world
- 340: But faster than he flew the East Wind
- 341: In which bloomed the garden of paradise
- 342: He looked through another pane
- 343: Filled with transparent lilies
- 344: THE PEA BLOSSOMThere were once five peas in one shell
- 345: And said they were fine peas for his pea shooter
- 346: Where his inkstand stood on the table
- 347: Exclaimed the pen contemptuously
- 348: And King Solomon himself had to die at last
- 349: And those who are wisest read most
- 350: Then the eldest of the brothers dreamt a splendid dream
- 351: I think the Seer has been badly served
- 352: Slimy wood snail noticed its beauty
- 353: They should have offered me incense
- 354: There he sat on the church steeple
- 355: But she only grasped the knob of her distaff
- 356: To trust in thyself and God is best
- 357: THE PHOENIX BIRDIn the Garden of Paradise
- 358: For she ate up two of my ducklings
- 359: Interposed the Portuguese duck
- 360: That the old lady was getting quite a doting ducky
- 361: That all the other fowls clucked too
- 362: The acacia tree was covered with blossoms
- 363: Only my subaltern could have taken your Highness prisoner
- 364: George received a great pinchbeck watch from his godfather
- 365: Who was still grander than the General
- 366: And amid many severe headaches
- 367: And they met in the poultry house
- 368: George sat at the right hand of Emily
- 369: He spoke words of sheer lunacy
- 370: Which little George had once drawn for Miss Emily
- 371: The General's lady was Madame Rubens
- 372: And approached the black domino
- 373: And Emily a Privy Councillor's lady
- 374: Marie Grubbe used to call him her Soren
- 375: Little Marie came here with Soren
- 376: Palle Dyre was out hunting foxes
- 377: The ship sailed away with Marie Grubbe
- 378: Her name is Mother Soren Sorensen Muller
- 379: The discourse fell upon Mother Soren
- 380: Mother Soren lit up for Holberg a three king candle
- 381: And then twenty eider down beds on top of the mattresses
- 382: A young sculptor now dwelt there
- 383: And became converted into the Psyche
- 384: Soon shall the whole world admire thy Psyche
- 385: Under the citron trees and laurels
- 386: The words of the living Psyche
- 387: Brother Ignatius strengthened his longings
- 388: In the sightless cavernous eyes
- 389: Had been tested by a member of the Polytechnic Institution
- 390: And now the Polytechnic lecturer was my she
- 391: I inquired for the Polytechnic professor
- 392: And therefore the snail received the second prize
- 393: Karen herself was dressed very neatly and cleanly
- 394: Karen looked first at the black shoes
- 395: But Karen could not help looking at them
- 396: She looked sadly at her crutches
- 397: They ordered the pedlar to come up
- 398: And now the pedlar was the possessor of the baronial estate
- 399: He was a pedlar and she kept the geese
- 400: And therefore the flute was good for nothing
- 401: The flute was heard at the distance of a mile
- 402: The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers
- 403: And the snail crept into the ground
- 404: Refreshing himself with a juicy melon
- 405: In West Jutland one may go back in thought to old times
- 406: A gust of wind rushed between the hills
- 407: There's a large ship stranded on the farthest reef
- 408: He grew apace in the humble cottage
- 409: There are so many bad people eel spearers
- 410: At the point where the Skjaerumaa falls into the bay
- 411: Jurgen went in and out the house
- 412: Jurgen followed the sailor he was with into the church
- 413: Had known Jurgen from childhood
- 414: Old Skjagen lies in the extreme north of Jutland
- 415: And Jurgen thought of many things
- 416: Jurgen called to the ferry man
- 417: Jurgen heard these sounds in his prison
- 418: Jurgen found a happy home in Old Skjagen
- 419: The water rose up right into the town of Skjagen
- 420: But he thought of a certain maiden of Skjagen
- 421: Jurgen remained in merchant Bronne's house
- 422: The storm raged over the town of Skjagen
- 423: These were the last words Jurgen uttered in this world
- 424: What a naughty boy this Cupid is
- 425: For flowers stood in the balcony
- 426: One evening the foreigner sat in the balcony
- 427: Do you not recognize your old shadow
- 428: You were on the balcony that evening
- 429: I will be equally kind and straightforward
- 430: And could therefore answer the princess
- 431: And the shadow accompanied her
- 432: Then the little shepherdess cried
- 433: Cried the little shepherdess in a fright
- 434: I wish grandfather was riveted
- 435: The shilling fell out on the floor
- 436: Whether the lottery ticket gained a prize
- 437: But the garter was naturally shy
- 438: Like the boasting shirt collar
- 439: How everything glittered and sparkled
- 440: Because he kicked away the bone I was gnawing
- 441: These window panes would not thaw
- 442: And hold the warm pennies against the frozen pane
- 443: This snow flake grew larger and larger
- 444: He would even tease little Gerda
- 445: And little Gerda wept bitterly for a long time
- 446: Then Gerda told her everything
- 447: Because she wanted to keep Gerda
- 448: And the buttercups sparkled gayly
- 449: The word alone Gerda understood very well
- 450: And one crow always chooses another crow
- 451: So I heard from my tame sweetheart
- 452: Then little Gerda wept and told her story
- 453: And had not time to kill Gerda
- 454: She clasped little Gerda round the waist
- 455: She was most likely travelling to Lapland
- 456: And at length they reached Finland
- 457: Then little Gerda repeated the Lord's Prayer
- 458: In truth he thought not of little Gerda
- 459: Then little Gerda wept hot tears
- 460: And Kay and Gerda looked into each other's eyes
- 461: But was pierced by the Sunbeam
- 462: Beginning with summer gauk and ending with summer gauk
- 463: That is the story of the Snowdrop
- 464: And the journeymen and apprentices shouted Hurrah
- 465: It was only another storey over him
- 466: Pointing to the wonderful straw
- 467: Nothing was left but the sausage skewers
- 468: And held my sausage skewer tight
- 469: Six elves brought me back my sausage skewer
- 470: She now only held the naked skewer
- 471: Which no one could deny was loftier
- 472: All my thoughts rein on skewers
- 473: She had lost her sausage skewer
- 474: 'You had better go and make some soup from sausage skewers
- 475: And when they caught sight of the storks
- 476: The mother stork comforted her young ones
- 477: Whispered the young storks to each other
- 478: The young storks were very angry
- 479: And what stories grandpapa could tell
- 480: When grandpapa came to the town
- 481: Nearly all the shields had changed places
- 482: But the bramble shot forth fresh green leaves
- 483: Then they went into Death's vast hothouse
- 484: And her hands sank down powerless
- 485: The sunbeam gradually vanishes
- 486: Swans will fly forth from the nest
- 487: Thus the prince was appointed imperial swineherd
- 488: Said the swineherd ten kisses from the princess
- 489: The swineherd went behind a tree
- 490: And the Thistle thought so long of the thistle of Scotland
- 491: And this thistle calyx came into the garden
- 492: He is the submissive slave of Camoens
- 493: Replies the keeper of the madhouse
- 494: Thus the thorny path of honor shows itself as a glory
- 495: The caravan sometimes descends
- 496: There jumped up a little black goblin
- 497: But the tin soldier continued firm
- 498: He had his knapsack on his back
- 499: Put the tinderbox in his pocket
- 500: She lives in a large copper castle
- 501: He had left the tinder box at the inn
- 502: So the soldier took his tinder box
- 503: Said the smallest of the Toads
- 504: So that the Caterpillar fell on the ground
- 505: The Toad did not hear any more
- 506: The Stork family flies over mountains and seas
- 507: Which wore a dress of morocco leather
- 508: Which had lain for years in the gutter
- 509: And the little ringer waved his red cap
- 510: Then the little elves crept into the flower buds
- 511: While the prettiest of wooden dolls
- 512: Excepting the sword which the showman wore by his side
- 513: And had been hanged or beheaded
- 514: Gingerbread nuts were too hard for him
- 515: The magician had given them life
- 516: And flogged her even harder than before
- 517: The magician offered to go with her
- 518: This would destroy the power of the magician
- 519: And to him came the voice of Solon
- 520: They were maidens among the paver folk
- 521: And the sun shone brightly on the green burdock leaves
- 522: The other ducklings are graceful enough
- 523: How they terrified the poor duckling
- 524: So the duckling left the cottage
- 525: The duckling remembered the lovely birds
- 526: And swam towards the beautiful swans
- 527: When little Knud heard this dream
- 528: But he still remained at Kjoge
- 529: In all Kjoge there was not a girl like her
- 530: Knud remain always as you are now
- 531: And Knud was obliged to go on too
- 532: That he fancied himself back again in the gardens of Kjoge
- 533: And then he thought of the church of Kjoge
- 534: On the bleak open shores of Kjoge
- 535: Making room for Knud and Joanna
- 536: Even in the uttermost parts of the sea
- 537: And bushes with blue black grapes sloe bushes
- 538: Neither by Easter nor by Whitsuntide
- 539: When God sent a swarm of gnats one swarm of little gnats
- 540: And then the hymn book would answer Eliza
- 541: And spoke to Eliza and her brothers
- 542: Lay eleven white swan feathers
- 543: Or we should never have reached our beloved fatherland
- 544: And at sunrise the swans flew away from the rock with Eliza
- 545: Towards the cloudy palace of the Fata Morgana
- 546: She groped in amongst the ugly nettles
- 547: Till she reached the churchyard
- 548: They dragged the nettles to her feet
- 549: She hastily threw the eleven coats of mail over the swans
- 550: There he read about Holger Danske
- 551: Four leaved shamrocks grew there
- 552: Holger Danske will return again
- 553: And the Moor woman stopped her brewing
- 554: And accordingly all the Will o' the Wisps
- 555: These Alpas offered to carry the youngsters to the town
- 556: The Will o' the Wisp is in town
- 557: Near to the great house of Borreby
- 558: Stood Waldemar Daa and his three daughters
- 559: Waldemar Daa was arrogant and proud
- 560: And the alchymic glass fell from it
- 561: ' as they had done in the wood at Borreby
- 562: And what became of Waldemar Daa and his daughters
- 563: And into the bargain I have stearine candles
- 564: Said a little shivering sparrow
- 565: Said the smallest of the sparrows
- 566: Primroses and anemones sprung forth
- 567: Filled the air with sweet fragrance
- 568: The storks are flocking together