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Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen · 1835

Tales like The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid that pair sadness with courage and invite reading characters' feelings.

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  1. Part 9The moon people are sure no one could live on the earth. Why is it easy to think our own home is the center of everything?
  2. Part 13The clerk and the poet each think the other is luckier. Who is right?
  3. Last partIn these tales, people wish for something or pretend to be what they are not. Does getting what they want make them happy?

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  1. Lesson 1FreeWhy does no one say, "I cannot see the cloth"?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionA child tells the truth, and a princess wants a made rose instead of a real one. Why is it sometimes hard to see what is real?Locked
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  5. Lesson 5SubscriptionCouncillor Knap believes the old days were better. Are the old days really better than today?Locked
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  7. Lesson 7SubscriptionAfter his strange night, why does the Councillor say our own time is better? And why does the watchman wish to be someone else?Locked
  8. Lesson 8SubscriptionThe watchman wants to be the lieutenant, and the lieutenant wants to be the watchman. Is it better to be someone else?Locked
  9. Lesson 9SubscriptionThe moon people are sure no one could live on the earth. Why is it easy to think our own home is the center of everything?Locked
  10. Lesson 10Subscription"Would to Heaven I had got my head through!" Why should we be careful about what we wish for?Locked
  11. Lesson 11SubscriptionIf you could see inside people's hearts, would that be a good thing?Locked
  12. Lesson 12SubscriptionThe Shoes of Fortune give people what they wish for. Do their wishes make them happy?Locked
  13. Lesson 13SubscriptionThe clerk and the poet each think the other is luckier. Who is right?Locked
  14. Lesson 14SubscriptionThe clerk keeps wishing to be something else. Why doesn't each new wish make him happy for long?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionIn these tales, people wish for something or pretend to be what they are not. Does getting what they want make them happy?Review · Final essayLocked

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  1. THE SHOES OF FORTUNETHE SHOES OF FORTUNEcontinues from the last lesson
  2. THE FIR TREETHE FIR TREE
  3. THE SNOW QUEENTHE SNOW QUEEN
  4. THE LEAP-FROGTHE LEAP-FROG
  5. THE ELDERBUSHTHE ELDERBUSH
  6. THE BELLTHE BELL
  7. THE OLD HOUSETHE OLD HOUSE
  8. THE HAPPY FAMILYTHE HAPPY FAMILY
  9. THE STORY OF A MOTHERTHE STORY OF A MOTHER
  10. THE FALSE COLLARTHE FALSE COLLAR
  11. THE SHADOWTHE SHADOW
  12. THE LITTLE MATCH GIRLTHE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
  13. THE DREAM OF LITTLE TUKTHE DREAM OF LITTLE TUK
  14. THE NAUGHTY BOYTHE NAUGHTY BOY
  15. THE RED SHOESTHE RED SHOES

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