The King ofthe Faliry Tale World. 安徒生——童話里王國的國王

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Hans Christian Andersen（漢斯·克里斯汀·安徒生）is the most famous Dane（丹麥人）.

He was born in a small village in Denmark（丹麥）about 200 years ago. His family was very poor.His father was a shoemaker（鞋匠）.His mother wasa cleaning lady（清潔女工）.

When Andersen was a boy， he disliked（不喜歡） going to school. But he liked reading. There werealways books in Andersen's house.

But unfortunately（不幸的是），when Andersenwas 10， his father died. Andersen had to leave schoolto work. He worked at a theater. He tried out（嘗試過）as a ballet（芭蕾）dancer， as a singer and as anactor. But he failed（失敗）at all of these things.When he was 17， he wrote two plays（劇本）.But hisspelling（拼寫）was very bad.

So he had to go back to school. He got the money froru theboss（老板）of the theater. He graduated（畢業）from auniversity（大學）.Then he began to write fairy tales（童話故事）for kids. He wrote over 100 fairy tales in his life.

Andersen's fairy tales

你最喜歡哪個故事呢？

Andersen wrote many fairy tales. Which one is your favorite？ Why？ Talk aboutit with your friends.

★The Princess and the Pea《豌豆公主》

★Thumbelina《拇指姑娘》

★The Brave Tin Soldier《勇敢的錫兵》

★The Ugly Duckling《丑小鴨》

★The Emperor'sNew Clotlzes《皇帝的新裝》

★The Little Match Girl《賣火柴的小女孩》

The Little Mermaid

小美人魚

You can find the statue（雕塑）of the Little Mermaidin Denmark（丹麥）.It's faruous. She had a human upperbody（人的上身）and afish tail（尾巴）.

Andersen Museum

安徒生博物館

Andersen grew up in a small house in the center of the town. Now the housebecomes the Andersen Museum.

Do you know？

Andersen was also goodat poems（詩歌）and papercuttings（剪紙）.

（李蓓/供稿）