Affiche du document The World's Fairest Rose

The World's Fairest Rose

Hans Christian Andersen

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There was once a queen who possessed a magnificent garden, filled with many varied flowers. One day, she fell ill and her doctors had little hope of a recovery. Only one of them said that a cure existed: the loveliest rose in the world. If it was found and brought to the queen, she would be saved. But where was the loveliest rose? And what was she called? No one knew, but they went looking.
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Affiche du document The Last Pearl

The Last Pearl

Hans Christian Andersen

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Everyone was happy: an heir had been born and mother and son were doing well! Almost all the fairies came to offer a gift to the newborn, there was just one missing who should have brought the last pearl... Luckily, the child’s guardian angel knew where to find it!
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Affiche du document Little Tuk

Little Tuk

Hans Christian Andersen

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Little Tuk had to learn his lesson for the next day but he was far too busy with other things and so he found himself with the sun already setting, while his family did not have enough money to keep the lanterns lit at night. Would he learn his lesson in time?
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Affiche du document The Daisy

The Daisy

Hans Christian Andersen

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A daisy was growing peacefully next to a country road, forgotten by everyone, but happy. She liked feeling the sun on her petals and listening to the birds sing. Nothing seemed likely to trouble her happiness, but many things can change from one day to the next.
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Affiche du document The Old Street Lamp

The Old Street Lamp

Hans Christian Andersen

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An old street lamp is at the end of its working life. It has had a long life and lots of people know it. So, friends come to visit on its last night on the job.
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Affiche du document The Naughty Boy

The Naughty Boy

Hans Christian Andersen

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One stormy evening, a kind old poet was resting quietly at home when he heard a knock at his door. When he opened it, he found a handsome young boy, soaking wet, and the good poet decided to invite him inside. However, he would quickly come to regret it as the cherub was called Amor and his bow and arrows would have dried quickly.
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Affiche du document Tales About Hope

Tales About Hope

Hans Christian Andersen

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What is hope? Hope shines through the fairy tales selected for this collection. Let Hans Christian Andersen enchant you and let your favourite characters teach you about what hope is and how to find it even at the darkest moments! A collection for the curious and empathetic young and adult readers. Contains the following fairy tales: - The Little March Girl - The Nightingale - The Flying Trunk - The Swineherd - The Wild Swans
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Affiche du document The Elder-Tree Mother

The Elder-Tree Mother

Hans Christian Andersen

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A little boy who had caught a cold after getting his feet wet, drank an elder infusion that his mother had prepared to warm him up and his grandfather told him the story of the Little Elder-Tree Mother.
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Affiche du document The Bell

The Bell

Hans Christian Andersen

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A bell could be heard just as well in the town as in the country, but no one knew exactly where the sound was coming from. The bell seemed to ring in the forest and its music was so particular that people began to search for it. Everyone wanted to find its origin, but who would follow the trail to its end?
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Affiche du document The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

Hans Christian Andersen

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At the bottom of the ocean lived the sea king, his old mother and his six daughters. They lived in a beautiful castle, surrounded by a big garden, of which each daughter took care of a small corner. The little mermaid, the youngest and most beautiful of the princesses, liked nothing more than stories of men and in her garden she had a marble statue of a handsome youth, which had sunk below down after a shipwreck. On the day of their fifteenth birthday, the young mermaids had the right to swim to the surface to see the world above and the little mermaid listened with pleasure to the stories her sisters told when they came back from these visits. She waited impatiently for her turn to come.
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Affiche du document The Elf Mound

The Elf Mound

Hans Christian Andersen

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The lizards were complaining about all the noise coming from the Elfin Hill. Rumour said that the elves were expecting guests, strangers. They were preparing a great ball.
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Affiche du document The Nightingale

The Nightingale

Hans Christian Andersen

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A long time ago, the Emperor of China lived in a magnificent palace made of fine china and surrounded by a splendid garden that was so big that even the gardener did not know it all. One day, the Emperor read a book that told him that most marvellous bird was the nightingale and so he asked his court to find him one because he wanted to hear it sing that very evening. But, where could one be found?
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Affiche du document The Princess on the Pea

The Princess on the Pea

Hans Christian Andersen

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A prince wanted to find a real princess, but although he travelled the world, which is full of princesses, he could not find a real princess. So, he returned home, sad and empty-handed. But one stormy night, a soaking wet princess knocked on his door and asked for shelter for the night. The prince’s mother was not convinced that she was a real princess and decided to find out the truth.
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Affiche du document The Darning Needle

The Darning Needle

Hans Christian Andersen

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Once upon a time there was a darning needle who thought it was a sewing needle. It was indeed very fine, so fine that one day it broke, but it was not yet over for the needle, nor its dreams.
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Affiche du document The Wild Swans

The Wild Swans

Hans Christian Andersen

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"Far from here, in the land the swallows flee to in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa." So begins the story of Elisa and her brothers. At the beginning, everything was well, they lived peacefully in the castle and were loved and indulged by their father, the king. But, one day the king decided to remarry and their stepmother did not want them. None of them. Elisa was sent to the country and the eleven boys were turned into swans. The days and the years passed and Elisa grew up forgotten by the world, but she never forgot her brothers and she missed them terribly.
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