Stories from Hans Andersen

THE SNOW QUEENOne day he was in a high state of delight because he had invented a mirrorMany a winter''s night she flies through the streetsThen an old, old woman came out of the houseShe has read all the newspapers in the world, and forgotten them again, so clever is she''It is gold, it is gold!'' they criedKissed her on the mouth, while big shining tears trickled down its faceThe Snow Queen sat in the very middle of it when she sat at homeTHE NIGHTINGALEEven the poor fisherman ... lay still to listen to it''Is it possible?'' said the gentleman-in-waiting. ''I should never have thought it was like that''Took some water into their mouths to try and make the same gurgling, ... thinking so to equal the nightingaleThe music-master wrote five-and-twenty volumes about the artificial birdEven Death himself listened to the songTHE REAL PRINCESS''I have hardly closed my eyes the whole night! Heaven knows what was in the bed. I seemed to be lying upon some hard thing, and my whole body is black and blue this morning. It is terrible!'' (Frontispiece)THE GARDEN OF PARADISEHis grandmother had told him ...