TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
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BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN,
AUTHOR OF "THE IMPROVISATORE," ETC.
TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH BY MARY HOWITT.
NEW YORK.
W I L E Y & P U T N A M,
161 Broadway.
1846.
| Page | |
| OLÉ LUCKOIÈ— THE STORY-TELLER AT NIGHT | 5 |
| THE DAISY | 28 |
| THE NAUGHTY BOY | 37 |
| TOMMELISE | 42 |
| THE ROSE-ELF | 64 |
| THE GARDEN OF PARADISE | 74 |
| A NIGHT IN THE KITCHEN | 102 |
| LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS | 108 |
| THE CONSTANT TIN SOLDIER | 124 |
| THE STORKS | 133 |
There is nobody in all this world who knows so many tales as OléLuckoiè! He can tell tales! In an evening, when a child sits so nicelyat the table, or on its little stool, Olé Luckoiè comes. He comesso quietly into the house, for he walks without shoes; he opens thedoor without making any noise, and then he flirts sweet milk into thechildren's eyes; but so gently, so very gently, that they cannot keeptheir eyes open, and, therefore, they never see him; he steals softlybehind them and blows gently on their necks, and thus their headsbecome heavy. Oh yes! But then it does them no harm; for Olé Luckoièmeans nothing but ki