Every afternoon, as the children were coming back from school, they used to go and play in the giant's garden.It was a beautiful large garden. Beautiful flowers grew in the grass. There were twelve fr...[阅读全文]
By Hans Christian Andersen(1838)THERE was once a merchant who was so rich that he could have paved the whole street with gold, and would even then have had enough for a small alley. But he did not do ...[阅读全文]
Hans Christian Andersen(1838)“'Yes, of course,' said the matches, 'let us talk about those who are the highest born.' “'No, I don't like to be always talking of what we are,' remarked the saucepan; ...[阅读全文]
Once upon a time there was a king who was ill, and no one thought his life could be saved. But he had three sons, and they were sad about this and went down into the palace garden and wept. Here they ...[阅读全文]
After that they boarded a ship and sailed over the sea. During the voyage the two elder brothers said to each other:" Our youngest brother found the Water of Life and we didn't, so our father will giv...[阅读全文]
Once upon a time there was a poor man who could no longer afford to keep his only son. So his son said:" Dear father, you have fallen on very hard times and I'm a burden to you; it will be better if I...[阅读全文]
There was a man who had seven sons, but he had no daughter, greatly though he longed for one. At last his wife told him that they could again expect a child and, sure enough, when it was born it was a...[阅读全文]
The Tinder-Box(1)By Hans Christian Andersen (1835)英汉对照A SOLDIER came marching along the high road: “Left, right—left, right.” He had his knapsack on his back, and a sword at his side; he had be...[阅读全文]
ByHans Christian Andersen(1835)英汉对照One dark evening, he had not even a penny to buy a candle; then all at once he remembered that there was a piece of candle stuck in the tinder-box, which he had ...[阅读全文]
Once upon a time there was a king and a queen who were rich and had all they wanted except that they had no children. The queen bewailed this day and night, saying: "I am like a field on which nothing...[阅读全文]
Once there was a Queen. She was sitting at the window. There was snow outside in the garden-snow on the hill and in the lane, snow on the hunts and on the trees: all things were white with snow.
Th...[阅读全文]
There were once three army-surgeons who reckoned that they had nothing more to learn about the art of surgery. They were on their travels., and stopped for the night at an inn. The landlord asked them...[阅读全文]
Once upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldn't guess it he was laughed to scorn and sent packing. She also had i...[阅读全文]
Once there was a very rich man. He lived in a beautiful house, and had a beautiful garden. The rich man had a blue beard: so he was called “Blue Beard”.Near the rich man's house there lived a poor ...[阅读全文]
There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food. So she ca...[阅读全文]
A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep hou...[阅读全文]
There once lived a race of huge giants called Titans. These giants were fierce, violent, and lawless-always fighting among themselves and against Zeus, the king of the gods.One of the Titans, whose na...[阅读全文]
In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whene...[阅读全文]
HIGH up in the clear, pure air flew an angel, with a flower plucked from the garden of heaven. As he was kissing the flower a very little leaf fell from it and sunk down into the soft earth in the mid...[阅读全文]