Hans Christian Andersen: The brave tin soldier also called “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier’s love for a paper ballerina. On his birthday, a boy receives a set of 25 toy soldiers all cast from one old tin spoon an

Hans Christian Andersen: “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 lov

Hans Christian Andersen: “One of you will be hanged, the second imprisoned, the third burned and the fourth turned upside down. ” This is how the children mocked the family of storks that lived on the roof. This frightened the chicks and, to reassure them, their mother spoke of

Hans Christian Andersen: In a little house in Marbach, on the banks of the Necker river, lived a poor family. The day that their son was born, the church’s bell was rung to celebrate the newborn’s arrival. At the time, no one questioned the destiny of the child and still le

Hans Christian Andersen: The bells has just sounded the twelve strikes of midnight announcing the start of a new year, when a mail coach stopped at the entrance to the town. On board, were twelve party-goers who wanted to enter. But who were they?.

Hans Christian Andersen: A goblin lived with a grocer whom he liked a lot because, at Christmas, the grocer never forgot to give him his porridge with a big knob of butter. Under the eaves of the grocer’s house lived a student that the goblin had disliked at first sight. But,

Hans Christian Andersen: There was once an old house that was so dilapidated that it made the other houses in the street ashamed. But, the little boy who lived opposite liked it a lot and loved looking at it day and night. When, one day, the boy learned that the old man who own