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  • Sister on Borrowed Time (EN) - Anna Bridgwater
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    Sister on Borrowed Time (EN)

    Anna Bridgwater: In November 2005 a young woman, Margaret, dies of leukemia. In this moving and personal book Margaret’s sister, the journalist and writer Anna Bridgwater, tells about the years leading up to her death – about life as a young woman in Copenhagen, abou

    Anna Bridgwater
  • Nicola and the Child Correction Centre (EN) - Claes Johansen
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    Nicola and the Child Correction Centre (EN)

    Claes Johansen: Nicola’s father froze. He slowly put down his knife and fork. She looked at him, shocked to see how he had suddenly turned chalky white. She began to shiver. What did her father know about the Child Correction Centre? From the moment Nicola hears ab

    Claes Johansen
  • The Boatman and the Boy (EN) - Claes Johansen
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    The Boatman and the Boy (EN)

    Claes Johansen: By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He

    Claes Johansen
  • What One Can Invent (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    What One Can Invent (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: Once upon a time, a young man dreamed of becoming a writer and making a living from his pen. But there was a problem. The writers of the previous centuries had already exhausted all the subjects and he no longer knew what to write about! This is why he

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Toad (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Toad (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: A family of toads lived in a very deep well: it was so deep that, from the top, you could not even see the surface of the water. One of the young toads dreamed of knowing what there was outside of the well, so, ignoring his mother’s warnings, he used t

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Psyche (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Psyche (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: The star that is brightest this morning knows many things: she has watched over the earth for centuries and knows many things that we men have long forgotten. Today, she tells us the story of the Roman artist that only she knows.

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Nightcap of the "Pebersvend" (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Nightcap of the “Pebersvend” (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: A long time ago, in Copenhagen, there lived an old bachelor who lived alone in a small shack and always slept with a nightcap that he pulled well down over his face. People laughed at his strange attire. However, there was a story behind this nightcap a

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Racers (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Racers (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: One day, a competition was organised: the fastest would be awarded first price. The jury gave first prize to the hare and second prize was awarded to the snail. Long debates followed between the various animals because no one agreed with the results and

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Thorny Road of Honor (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Thorny Road of Honor (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: The men of our world who experience glory do not generally attain it easily. There have been several martyrs who, before knowing honour, have had to follow a very thorny path.

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • Under the Willow Tree (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    Under the Willow Tree (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: Johanne and Knud lived close to the town of Kjöge, where there are many gardens that extend as far as the river. There is not much else, but it is charming in summer! It was under the willow-tree in one of these gardens that Johanne and Knud spent a gre

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • There is a Difference (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    There is a Difference (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: It was the month of May and spring had arrived, although it was still cold. The flowers were blooming, but not all flowers receive the same praise. Some would say that there a difference between a branch of apple blossom and a flower of the fields, but

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Sweethearts (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Sweethearts (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: A top and a ball lived in the same toy drawer and the top wanted to marry the ball, but the ball felt differently.

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Ice Maiden (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Ice Maiden (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: Rudy lived close to the little town of Grindelwald in Switzerland. He lived with his uncle as his parents were both dead. Indeed, Rudy himself had almost died at the same time as his mother: while crossing a glacier, she had fallen into a crevasse while

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • Alice's Awakening – erotic short story (EN) - Nicolas Lemarin
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    Alice’s Awakening – erotic short story (EN)

    Nicolas Lemarin: ‘He continues with alternating blows and caresses, burning yet sweet. Aroused by his firm spanking, an intense heat spreads through my body and grips me. What is happening to me?’ Torture and humiliation. When shame becomes a pleasure, should we le

    Nicolas Lemarin
  • The Most Incredible Thing (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Most Incredible Thing (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: The princess’s hand in marriage was promised to the man who could accomplish the most incredible thing. He would also receive half of the Kingdom. All the young men, and the not-so-young men, dreamt of this prize and would do their best to achieve the

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Great Sea Serpent (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Great Sea Serpent (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: One sunny day, when a little sea fish was swimming joyfully with his eighteen thousand brothers and sisters, the water was darkened by an enormous eel who came from above and was heading deeper into the sea. It disappeared very quickly and as soon as the

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Gardener and the Noble Family (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Gardener and the Noble Family (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: Larsen was a very good gardener, but the noble family he served always found fault with the fruit and vegetables he produced in the garden and the vegetable patch or with the flowers chosen to adorn the castle interior. However, proof of his excellence w

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Cripple (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Cripple (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: Ole and Kristen worked for a lord who was both rich and good. Every year, for Christmas, together with his wife, he welcomed all the poor children of the area to the castle and treated them to a great celebration with gifts and feasting. As Ole and Kris

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • Luck May Lie in a Pin (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    Luck May Lie in a Pin (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: To every child born, God offers a gift – this gift is not placed in their cradle, but in a secret place, where no one would dream of looking for it. So, this gift can be found in many different places, even in a simple stick.

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • In the Duck Yard (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    In the Duck Yard (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: One day a Portuguese duck arrived at the duck house. Some said she came from Spain, but from then on all her descendants were called ‘Portuguese’. Today, there is only one Portuguese duck at the duck house – and it is she who takes care of the son

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Beetle (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Beetle (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: On the day that the emperor’s horse received his golden horseshoes as a reward for his heroic deeds, the beetle who shared his stable was very jealous. The smith refused to make shoes for his little feet and the beetle’s anger went up a notch. So, f

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Child in the Grave (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Child in the Grave (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: He had been ill a long time and God came for him – the parents and sisters of the little four-year-old boy who had died were inconsolable. No chagrin was greater than that of the boy’s mother, yet she found some consolation at her son’s grave.

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • Something (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    Something (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: Once upon a time there were five brothers who had arrived at the age where they asked themselves what they would become. Each of the brothers wanted to become “something” and each thought that their profession would be better than that of his brothers.

    Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Bottle Neck (EN) - Hans Christian Andersen
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    The Bottle Neck (EN)

    Hans Christian Andersen: In the tallest and poorest house in a very narrow winding street, was an attic with a single window. Behind this window, was a bird in a cage; the state of the house and the cage were so miserable that the bird did not even have a cup for drinking: he ha

    Hans Christian Andersen