1 A falling star shone in the dark firmament.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 2 One of the youngest ran and tore off the golden star.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE FIR TREE 3 The golden star of tinsel was still on the top of the Tree, and glittered in the sunshine.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE FIR TREE 4 There falls another star," said he: "but what does it matter; there are always enough left.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE 5 His eyes were like two bright stars; and although the water trickled down his hair, it waved in beautiful curls.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE NAUGHTY BOY 6 And he touched the ceiling with the spray, and the ceiling rose so high, and where he had touched it there gleamed a golden star.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE RED SHOES 7 The lights of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, she saw them now as stars in heaven; one fell down and formed a long trail of fire.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL 8 The boys played about in the court, and the youngest wore the gold star on his breast which the Tree had had on the happiest evening of his life.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE FIR TREE 9 The flake of snow grew larger and larger; and at last it was like a young lady, dressed in the finest white gauze, made of a million little flakes like stars.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 10 She was so beautiful and delicate, but she was of ice, of dazzling, sparkling ice; yet she lived; her eyes gazed fixedly, like two stars; but there was neither quiet nor repose in them.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 11 It was of pure gold, and the arms of the Prince and Princess shone like a star upon it; the coachman, the footmen, and the outriders, for outriders were there, too, all wore golden crowns.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 12 And all the trees were covered with hoar-frost; they looked like white corals; the snow crackled under foot, as if one had new boots on; and one falling star after the other was seen in the sky.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE ELDERBUSH 13 Higher and higher still they flew, nearer and nearer to the stars, when suddenly the mirror shook so terribly with grinning, that it flew out of their hands and fell to the earth, where it was dashed in a hundred million and more pieces.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian AndersenContextHighlight In THE SNOW QUEEN 14 The red colors above faded away as the sun vanished, but a million stars were lighted, a million lamps shone; and the King's Son spread out his arms towards heaven, and wood, and sea; when at the same moment, coming by a path to the right, appeared, in his wooden shoes and jacket, the poor boy who had been confirmed with him.