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Danish fairy legends and tales (1891)

Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 · London : G. Bell · leaf 241

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tree with her, and set her on a daisy: then she wept becauseshe was so ugly that the Lady-chafers would not keep com-pany with her ; and yet Tommelise was the prettiest littlecreature that could be imagined, soft, and delicate, and trans-parent as the loveliest rose-leaf. All the summer long poor… … TOMMELISE. Page 194 YORK 1 LIBRARY 7 4fOR, IENOXAND- - FOUNDATIONS. TOMMELISB. 395 from the dew that every morning spangled the leaves andherblets around her. Thus passed the summer and autumn;but then came winter—the cold, long winter. All the birdswho had sung so sweetly to her flew away, trees…

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