Literature. Part hundred thirty four.

                                                   "The Wild Swans" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a king with his twelve children: eleven sons and one daughter.

Their stepmother was an evil witch. She turned her stepsons into swans and made her stepdaughter Elisa ugly.

The swan brothers flew away, and no one recognized their sister.

After some time, Elisa became beautiful again and found her brothers.

Then sister gathered nettles and made shirts from them. This saved eleven brothers.

At the end of the fairy tale, Elisa got married.

Literature. Part hundred one.

                               “Two Brothers” by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there were two brothers. The elder brother was brave. The younger was silent. He read books.

The elder brother flew with the star, but later return to his room.

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Literature. Part ninety four.

                                                 “The Bell” by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time people heard ringing bells from the forest.

So, all people wanted to find the bell.

Among them was a rich young man. He met another poor young man.

They didn’t go together to look for the bell at first, but then the rich and the poor young men met again.

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Literature. Part ninety two.

                                                     "The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a Chinese emperor. He had a palace. Also, this emperor had a huge garden. A nightingale lived in this garden, he sang very beautifully.

Everyone admired the singing of the nightingale and wrote about it. Then this bird sang for the emperor himself and he liked it.

Then an artificial nightingale appeared in the palace. Everyone began to listen to the new bird. Also, it sang beautifully, but after a while she stopped.

One day the emperor became very ill. He almost died. But a living nightingale flew to him and sang for the emperor. So, the bird saved him.

Literature. Part ninety.

                                        "Five Peas from a Pod" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there were five peas in a pod. Peas and pod were green. So, they were sure that all world is green, too. Then peas and pod turned yellow.

When the crop was harvested, all five peas fell into the boy's hand. He shot them from the peashooter.

After that, five peas flew in different directions. Someone flew away. The other was on the roof of the house.

A woman with a sick daughter lived in this house. The daughter recovered when she saw that the pea had sprouted near with window.

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Literature. Part eighty seven.

                                              "The Loveliest Rose in the World" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a queen. She had a garden with many different roses.

When the queen became very ill, she needed the loveliest rose in the world. Then everyone who could went to the queen with different roses, but there was no such rose.

The flower continued to be search for, but still to no avail. People have already to speculate where this rose might be. There were some versions.

Suddenly, the queen's son entered the room. He read a book to his mother, and then a rose grew there. It was the loveliest rose in the world.

Literature. Part eighty four.

                              “The Daisy” by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a flower daisy. It grew among other beautiful flowers. The daisy was happy about the sun.

Also, little daisy befriended the bird. The bird sang for the daisy, and the daisy listened to the song of the bird.

Once the bird was caught and put in a cage. The daisy looked at the bird from the garden.

Then the daisy got to the bird in the cage. After a while they died.

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Literature. Part eighty one.

                       “The Snail and the Rosebush” by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a garden. There were Snail and Rosebush.

The Snail was a selfish person. She lived in herself. The Snail didn’t want to give anything to anybody.

The Rosebush blossomed with rosebuds. He gave flowers and scent. The people around were happy about it.

The Snail was sitting in her own shell all this time. She didn’t worry about world around anything.

So, the Snail and the Rosebush lived in the same garden.

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Literature. Part eighty.

                                     “The Swineherd” by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a Prince. He had his own kingdom. But this Prince’s kingdom was very small.

He wanted to marry the Emperor’s daughter. Prince sent her a rose and nightingale as a gift. But the Princess wasn’t happy with them.

Then the Prince decided to become a swineherd and worked alongside the Princess. Also, he created a little kettle with bells. A melody was sung while cooking. The Prince gave this as a gift to the Princess and she liked it. The Princess loved artificial things.

She gave him ten kisses.

Later swineherd made a rattle. The Princess was glad again. He had hundred princess’s kisses.

At the end the Prince said that she didn’t understand the meaning of the real gifts and left her.

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Literature. Part seventy eight.

                              “The Princess and the Pea” by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a prince. He wanted to marry a real princess. But the prince didn’t know who is real and who isn’t.

On this day was a storm. The king heard a knock and opened the door. 

There was a princess, she was all wet.

The queen decided to check if it was a real princess. She took off many bedclothes and on the bed put the pea.

The princess slept on this bed all night.

In the morning she said that she had slept very badly.

So, everyone understood that this was a real princess and the prince married her.

This fairy tale was written in XIX century. The famous story translated to many languages. There are different illustrations and performance about this story.

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Literature. Part seventy four.

                                                "The Emperor's New Clothes" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was an emperor. He liked his clothes. An emperor wore them for holidays, theatres, and walks.

One day two liars visited emperor. They wanted to create new clothes for him. The tailors said that they make invisible clothing for the emperor.

Although the emperor and his courtiers noticed that there was no cloth, they didn't say anything.

When the emperor came out in new clothes to the people, they looked at him.

Suddenly little boy said that the emperor is naked!

The emperor went on, and the people began to whisper.

This fairy tale was translated to many languages. there are different movies and cartoons about this story.

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Literature. Part seventy one.

                                "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there were two porcelain figures. They were a shepherdess and a chimney sweep. These figures were in love.

But shepherdess' grandfather wanted to marry her to another. So, the couple run away.

They visited a toy theatre in a house. Also, the shepherdess and the chimney sweep climbed through a stove pipe on the roof. It was hard for them. The couple saw the night sky.

Later the chimney sweep and the shepherdess returned to the house. 

Shepherdess' grandfather has fallen because he wanted to run for them. He was repaired.

At the end the couple was saved.

This fairy tale was translated to different languages. There are many illustrations, movies, and cartoons about this story.

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Literature. Part sixty four.

                                             "The Tinderbox" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time there was a soldier. He was a poor man and met a witch. The witch asked him to climb on the tree.

The soldier found three dogs. They were different. There were many coins. The poor soldier took  a lot of money. There was a tinderbox, too.

She asked the soldier to give her a tinderbox. But the soldier didn’t give it to the witch. He killed her.

The soldier became a rich person. He spent his money. Later soldier knew about princess. She was in the tower.

The fairy tinderbox helped him. One of the three dogs brought a princess. Soldier saw a sleeping princess.

He was arrested and set in a prison. The soldier was sentenced to death.

At this moment the tinderbox helped him again. The three dogs appeared. They killed king.

The soldier and the princess are married. They became king and queen.

This fairy tale was translated to many languages. There are different adaptations.

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Literature. Part sixty two.

                                                     "The Ugly Ducking" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time mother duck had some eggs. Duckings hatched from the eggs. They were all nice. Except one.

The only ducking was very different from others. He was ugly. The ducking's neck was long. So, other animals noticed it. They said bad things about him. These animals didn't know who he was.

It was unpleasant for the ducking and his mother. The duck protected her unusual child. But the ugly ducking suffered from bullying.

The ducking went away from his family. Afterwards, he met wild geese in the swamp. But unfortunately they were killed by hunters.

Also, the ugly lived in another place. There were hen and a cat. But they laughed at him, too.

The ducking lived on the lake but still worried. Suddenly he saw swans. The ducking understood that he loved them.

Another time the ugly ducking saw his reflection. Now he knew that he is a nice swan. The ducking lived with other swans.

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Famous people and their quotes. Part forty six.

                                                Hans Christian Andersen.

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“When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.”

“Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.”

“To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy. ”

Source of information:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6378.Hans_Christian_Andersen?page=1

Literature. Part sixty.

                                      "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time it was a New Year's Eve. The weather was very cold and freeze.

On the street little girl sold matches. She didn't want to go home. Her clothes were old. The girl looked poor. She felt winter cold. Today she couldn't sell matches.

People prepared for holiday: they cooked fried goose, had Christmas tree, though about night, and etc.

The girl felt smell of Christmas food. She wanted to have some warm... Little girl lit a match. Suddenly she imagined her late grandmother. The girl saw her in the fire of match.

Afterwards, she noticed Christmas tree with toys, big table with holiday dishes included fried goose. But when her match stopped burning she saw cold street.

The girl with matches lit a match again. She enjoyed the holiday with her granny. It was a warm and comfortable place.

Next day became the first day of a New Year. The girl was found on the street. She was dead. She used her box of matches.

Literature. Part fifty seven.

                                        "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Hans Christian Andersen.

A boy had a birthday gift, set of toy soldiers. One of them didn't have a leg. During the night all toys in the room became alive.

Soldier with one leg fell in love with paper dancer woman. But evil goblin didn't want for them love to each other. So, because of him the tin soldier fell out of the window.

His adventures started on the street. The boys found the soldier with one leg and set him in a paper boat. Afterwards, a storm started and the soldier met the rat.

At the end the tin soldier was swallowed by a fish. But he was found and returned to the room again.

The soldier with one leg fell in the fireplace. Paper woman flew in it, too. Sad end of the fairy tale.

This fairy tale was translated to many languages. There are many cartoons and illustrations about this story.

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Literature. Part fifty five.

                                             "The Little Mermaid" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time in the sea was a kingdom with princesses. These princesses were mermaids. Then they became fifteen-yearsold the girls could see the surface and people.

So, one mermaid noticed ship in the sea. There was a prince. She saved him after an accident.

The mermaid understood that she fell in love with him. She decided go to the witch. She gave the little mermaid legs, but took her voice.

Young girl met the prince. They were in the palace. But the mermaid couldn't talk.

The prince didn't know that she saved his life. He met another girl with mermaid's voice. Young man wanted to marry her.

On the ship were mermaid, prince, and his bride. The little mermaid was very sad.

Other mermaid princesses told about the witch. Before evening the little mermaid must kill the prince. Or she becomes sea foam.

But she saved the prince again. The poor girl decided to become sea foam.

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Great people: Hans Christian Andersen.

Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805, in Kingdom Denmark-Norway. Future writer was the only child.

Andersen created many famous fairy tales, such as: "Thumbelina" (1835), "The Ugly Duckling" (1843), "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1837), "The Snow Queen" (1844), "The Little Mermaid" (1837), and etc. These works were translated to many languages. Artists drew illustrations with the characters.

Also, there are many movies and cartoons about Andersen's fairy tales.

Hans Christian Andersen died on August 4, 1875, in Kingdom of Denmark.

Literature. Part fifty one.

                                                   "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen.

Once upon a time evil troll created a magic mirror. Bad things became good, good things became bad in it. The mirror broke into small pieces.

Kai and Gerda were friends. They lived not far from each other.

A small piece of the magic mirror got in Kai'e eye. The boy became evil and rube.

During winter Kai disappeared. Little girl went to find the boy. At that time Kai was with the Snow Queen. His heart became ice.

Gerda met many different people on her way. They were kind and evil. But little Gerda found Kai and saved him. At the end he became kind again.

There are many illustrations, movies, and cartoons about this story. Fairy tale was translated to many languages.

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