Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 · London : G. Bell · leaf 357
30.3 ^-N^feX^^ Jm ■ … ~^ THE ROSE-ELF. IN the centre of a large garden there grew a rose-tree, fullof lovely roses, and in one of these, the loveliest ofall, dwelt a little Elf; he was so very, very little, that nohuman eye could see him. He had a bower behind each rose-petal ; he was fair and slender as only a child…
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