The Flying Trunk / The Story of a Mother
The Flying Trunk
A young man squandered his inheritance until he had nothing left but an empty trunk.
Amazingly, however, it was a flying trunk. The young man always had longed to travel to other countries and the flying trunk carried him to Turkey.
He met a princess who was kept in a tower and lived a lonely life. He fell in love with her at first sight.
The Flying Trunk is a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and was first published in 1839.
This tale was inspired by the flying carpets of “The Arabian Nights” which he loved as a child.
The Story of a Mother
A mother had been watching over her sick child.
The child was too sick to make a sound. The mother was at a loss about what to do and all she could do was cry over her sick child.
One day, Death came and took her child while she fell asleep. She rushed into the road to bring back her child…
The Story of a Mother is a sad and meaningful tale by Hans Christian Andersen, which was published in 1847.
It also has been adapted into an animated film.
