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THE FIR TREE[1]
LITTLE TUK[20]
THE UGLY DUCKLING[30]
LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS[52]
THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER[67]
LITTLE THUMBELINA[77]
SUNSHINE STORIES[101]
THE DARNING-NEEDLE[109]
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL[117]
THE LOVING PAIR[124]
THE LEAPING MATCH[129]
THE HAPPY FAMILY[134]
THE GREENIES[141]
OLE-LUK-OIE, THE DREAM GOD[145]
THE MONEY BOX[169]
ELDER-TREE MOTHER[174]
THE SNOW QUEEN[192]
THE ROSES AND THE SPARROWS[253]
THE OLD HOUSE[273]
THE CONCEITED APPLE BRANCH [290]
NOTES[299]


HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES

THE FIR TREE

AR away in the forest, where the warm sun and the fresh air made a sweet resting place, grew a pretty little fir tree. The situation was all that could be desired; and yet the tree was not happy, it wished so much to be like its tall companions, the pines and firs which grew around it.