There Is No Doubt About It

THAT was a terrible affair!” said a hen, and in a quarter of the town, too, where it had not taken place. “That was a terrible affair in a hen-roost. I cannot sleep alone to-night. It is a good thing that many of us sit on the roost together.” And then she told a story that made the feathers on the other hens bristle up, and the cock’s comb fall. There was no doubt about it.

But we will begin at the beginning, and that is to be found in a hen-roost in another part of the town. The sun was setting, and the fowls were flying on to their roost; one hen, with white feathers and short legs, used to lay her eggs according to the regulations, and was, as a hen, respectable in every way. As she was flying upon the roost, she plucked herself with her beak, and a little feather came out.

The Little Mermaid

(1836)
by : Hans Christian Andersen

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Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath to the surface of the water above. There dwell the Sea King and his subjects. We must not imagine that there is nothing at the bottom of the sea but bare yellow sand. No, indeed; the most singular flowers and plants grow there; the leaves and stems of which are so pliant, that the slightest agitation of the water causes them to stir as if they had life. Fishes, both large and small, glide between the branches, as birds fly among the trees here upon land. In the deepest spot of all, stands the castle of the Sea King. Its walls are built of coral, and the long, gothic windows are of the clearest amber. The roof is formed of shells, that open and close as the water flows over them. Their appearance is very beautiful, for in each lies a glittering pearl, which would be fit for the diadem of a queen.

The Flea and the Professor

(April 1873)
by : Hans Christian Andersen

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Here was once an aëronaut with whom things went badly; the balloon burst, tumbled the man out, and broke into bits. His boy he had two minutes before sent down with a parachute,—that was the boy’s luck; he was unhurt and went about with knowledge enough to make him an aëronaut too, but he had no balloon and no means of acquiring one.

But live he must, and so he applied himself to the art of legerdemain and to talking in his stomach; in fact he became a ventriloquist, as they say. He was young, good-looking, and when he got a moustache and had his best clothes on, he could be taken for a nobleman’s son. The ladies seemed to think well of him; one young lady even was so taken with his charms and his great dexterity that she went off with him to foreign parts. There he called himself Professor—he could scarcely do less.

The Jewish Maiden

(1856)
by : Hans Christian Andersen

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In a charity school, among the children, sat a little Jewish girl. She was a good, intelligent child, and very quick at her lessons; but the Scripture-lesson class she was not allowed to join, for this was a Christian school. During the hour of this lesson, the Jewish girl was allowed to learn her geography, or to work her sum for the next day; and when her geography lesson was perfect, the book remained open before her, but she read not another word, for she sat silently listening to the words of the Christian teacher. He soon became aware that the little one was paying more attention to what he said than most of the other children. “Read your book, Sarah,” he said to her gently.

But again and again he saw her dark, beaming eyes fixed upon him; and once, when he asked her a question, she could answer him even better than the other children. She had not only heard, but understood his words, and pondered them in her heart. Her father, a poor but honest man, had placed his daughter at the school on the conditions that she should not be instructed in the Christian faith. But it might have caused confusion, or raised discontent in the minds of the other children if she had been sent out of the room, so she remained; and now it was evident this could not go on. The teacher went to her father, and advised him to remove his daughter from the school, or to allow her to become a Christian. “I cannot any longer be an idle spectator of those beaming eyes, which express such a deep and earnest longing for the words of the gospel,” said he.

Two People and A Bear Traveler

Two people walking together wandering through a dense forest. It was suddenly a huge bear came out of the bushes near them.

One of the nomad, just think about his safety and did not bother her, climbing into a tree that was close to him.

Traveler others, felt unable to resist a very large bear it alone, threw himself into the ground and lay still, as if he had died. She often hears that the bear will not touch the animal or person who has died.

Two Goats

Two of the goats run with gagahnya from the opposite direction on a steep mountain, then by chance they simultaneously arrive at each edge of the cliff that the water flowing beneath the river is very swift. A tree that falls, has been used as a bridge to cross the gap. Trees are used as the bridge is very small so it can not be passed simultaneously by two-tailed squirrel safely, let alone by two goats. The bridge is very small it will make even the most courageous people will be frightened. But the goat did not feel frightened. A sense of pride and dignity they do not allow them to give in and give way first to the other goats.

Mountain Stories

A boy and his father were walking on the mountain. Suddenly, his son fell, he was wounded and shouted: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!." But he was shocked to hear no sound reflections from the mountain side. "AAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!."

With great curiosity, he too shouted back: "Who are you?" He too received back the same answer: Who are you? "And then she shouted into the mountain:" I adore you! "And the voice rose again:" I adore you!. "

Bird Crow and A Pitcher

On a very dry season, where his bird very difficult to get a little water to drink, a crow finds a pitcher containing a little water. But the pitcher is a pitcher that high with a narrow neck jars. After all crows are trying to trying to drink water that is in the jug, he still can not reach it. The crow was almost feeling desperate and feel will die of thirst.

Chicken and Eagle Fight

In an agricultural area, there lived two roosters are mutually hostile and fights between the two. On one day, they started fighting and return to fight, peck and scratch each other. They fight continued until one of them in defeat and ran away into a corner to hide.

Dog and shadow

A dog gets a bone of a person, ran back to his house as quickly as possible with pleasure. When he passed a very small bridge, she looked down and saw his shadow reflected from the water under the bridge. This greedy dog that thinks he's seen another dog carrying a bone that is bigger than hers.

The Shepherd Boy and Wolf

A shepherd always his master's sheep graze near a dark forest and not far from his village. Since starting to feel bored living in farm areas, he always comforted himself by playing with his dog and playing flute.

One day when he was herding his sheep near the forest, he began to think what to do when he saw the wolf, she felt comforted by the thought of various plans.

Boys and a Jar of Peanuts

A boy is allowed by his mother to put his hand into a jar and take nut in it. And the boy had put his hand into the jar to take a pea, but because the boy took the beans with a huge grip, he could not pull her hand out, and there he stood on, not willing to release the grain peanuts from his grasp because he wanted to take it all at once. Because of curiosity and disappointment she began to cry.

Goatling and Wolf

A very energetic kid who had been abandoned by herdsmen on the roof of hay barn to avoid the kid from danger. Kid looking grass on the edge of the roof, and then he saw a wolf and the wolf looked at with a face full of scorn and with a sense of triumph, he began to taunt the wolf, although at that time he did not want to taunt the wolf , but because he felt the wolf is not going to go up onto the roof and caught it, arises the courage to mock.