Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 · London : G. Bell · leaf 439
another sparkflies up unexpectedly, and the schoolmaster always tarries alittle behind the rest. And now all the Paper lay heaped up on the stove THE FLAX. 36j Ugh ! it cried, and all at once it burst into a flame. Sohigh did it rise into the air, never had the Flax been ableto rear its tiny blue… … Now, then, I go straight up into the sun ! said some-thing within the flames. It was as though, a thousand voicesat once had spoken thus ; and the Flame burst through thechimney, and rose high above it; and brighter than theFlame, yet invisible to mortal eyes, hovered little tiny beings,as many as…
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