Out of the heart, spoken to the little ones, tr. by H.W. Dulcken

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G. Routledge and Sons, 1867 - 432 síđur
 

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Síđa 283 - Do you know where they were taken? Did you not meet them?" The swallows knew nothing about it, but the stork looked thoughtful, nodded his head, and said, "Yes, I think so. I met many new ships when I flew out of Egypt; on the ships were stately masts; I fancy that these were the trees. They smelt like fir. I can assure you they're stately — very stately.
Síđa 316 - Kill me!" said the poor creature, and bent its head down upon the water, expecting nothing but death. But what was this that it saw in the clear water? It beheld its own image; and, lo! it was no longer a clumsy dark gray bird, ugly and hateful to look at, but — a swan!
Síđa 238 - Last year the old tree by the turf-hole only bore a single apple, and we kept it in the cupboard till it was quite rotten and spoiled, 'It was always property,' my old woman said; but here she could see a quantity of property — a whole sackful. Yes, I shall be glad to show them to her.
Síđa 287 - Chinese vases with lions on the covers; there were rocking-chairs, silken sofas, great tables covered with picture-books, and toys worth a hundred times a hundred dollars — at least, the children said so. And the Fir Tree was put into a great tub filled with sand ; but no one could see that it was a tub, for it was hung round with green cloth, and stood on a large, manycolored carpet. Oh, how the Tree trembled! What was to happen now? The servants, and the young ladies also, decked it out. On one...
Síđa 314 - The leaves in the forest turned yellow and brown ; the wind caught them so hat they danced about, and up in the air it was very cold. The clouds hung low, heavy with hail and snowflakes, and on the fence stood the raven, crying, '' Croak ! croak ! " for mere cold; yes, it was enough to make one feel cold to think of this.
Síđa 304 - It's a very large duckling," said she; "none of the others look like that ; can it really be a turkey chick ? Now we shall soon find it out. It must go into the water, even if I have to thrust it in myself.
Síđa 247 - I have been in a lady's box," said the Darning Needle, "and this lady was a cook. She had five fingers on each hand, and I never saw anything so conceited as those five fingers. And yet they were only there that they might take me out of the box and put me back into it.
Síđa 301 - Duck upon her nest, for she had to hatch her young ones ; but she was almost tired out before the little ones came ; and then she so seldom had visitors. The other ducks liked better to swim about in the canals than to run up to sit down under a burdock, and cackle with her. But at last one egg-shell after another burst open. '• Piep ! piep ! " it cried, and in all the eggs there were little creatures that stuck out their heads.
Síđa 38 - ... the property of steel, not of silver. " I was wrapped up in clean white paper, so that I should not be confounded with the other coins, and spent ; and on festive occasions, when fellow-countrymen met together, I was shown about, and they spoke very well of me : they said I was interesting — and it is wonderful how interesting one can be without saying a single word. " And at last I got home again. All my troubles were ended, joy came back to me, for I was of good silver, and had the right...
Síđa 56 - Emperor soon sent again, dispatching another honest officer of the court, to see how the weaving was going on, and if the stuff would soon be ready. He fared just like the first: he looked and looked, but, as there was nothing to be seen but the empty looms, he could see nothing. "Is not that a pretty piece of stuff?

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