it was in copenhagen, in one of the houses on east street, not far from king's newmarket, that someone was giving a large party. for one must give a party once in a while, if one expects to be invite....
once upon a time there lived a vain emperor whose only worry in life was to dress in elegant clothes. he changed clothes almost every hour and loved to show them off to his people. word of the em...
my poor flowers are quite dead,” said little ida, “they were so pretty yesterday evening, and now all the leaves are hanging down quite withered. what do they do that for,” she asked, of the studen...
once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. he travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. ther...
in a village there once lived two men who had the same name. they were both called claus. one of them had four horses, but the other had only one; so to distinguish them, people called the owner of th...
THE HAZEL BRANCH
ONE AFTERNOON the Christ-child had laid himself in his cradlebedand had fallen asleep. Then his mother came to him, looked athim full of gladness, and said, “Hast thou laid thyself d...
St. Joseph in the Forest
There was once on a time a mother who had three daughters, the eldest of whom was rude andwicked, the second much better, although she had her faults, but the youngest was a ...
A soldier who is afraid of nothing, troubles himself about nothing. One of this kind had receivedhis discharge, and as he had learnt no trade and could earn nothing, he travelled about andbegged alms...
there was once a king who had a son who asked in marriage the daughter of a mighty king; shewas called maid maleen, and was very beautiful. as her father wished to give her to another, theprince was ...
there was once on a time a king who had a daughter, and he caused a glass mountain to be made,and said that whosoever could cross to the other side of it without falling should have his daughterto wif...
