I strike bad people's heads off; and I hear that my axe rings! But before she reached the churchyard gate the red shoes were dancing there, and she turned back again in terror, more deeply sorrowful than ever for her sin. Join now to publish your own tales, get feedback from readers, and enter writing competitions. One morning she danced past a well-known door. As Karen lifted her foot to step in, the old soldier said, “See what pretty dancing shoes!” And Karen, in spite of herself, made a few dancing steps. The following Sunday, when the family was going to church, they asked her whether she would not go with them; but she glanced sorrowfully, with tears in her eyes, at her crutches. © 2020 Fairytalez.com, a VareGuide / Weider Media production. The girl went to school to learn, to read and to write. She had to be nursed and waited on, and this, of course, was no one’s duty so much as it was Karen’s, as Karen herself well knew. And since they fitted her, they were bought. said the soldier. "Dance shalt thou!" This website uses cookies so we can provide you with the best user experience. All the children thought a great deal of her; but when they spoke of dress, and grandeur, and beauty, she shook her head. Till thy skin shrivels up and thou art a skeleton!
He touched the ceiling with it, and the ceiling rose, and at each place where the branch touched it there shone a star. Soon after this the old lady lay ill in bed, and it was said that she could not recover. The next Sunday there was the sacrament, and Karen looked at the black shoes, looked at the red ones--looked at them again, and put on the red shoes. She looked at the old lady, who could not recover, she looked at the red shoes, and she thought there could be no sin in it; she put on the red shoes, she might do that also, she thought. But then she went to the ball and began to dance. Suddenly a large old carriage drove up, and a large old lady sat in it: she looked at the little girl, felt compassion for her, and then said to the clergyman: "Here, give me the little girl. Still her feet went on dancing, so, that she trod upon the good lady’s toes. Everybody looked at her feet; and when she stepped through the chancel door on the church pavement, it seemed to her as if the old figures on the tombs, those portraits of old preachers and preachers' wives, with stiff ruffs, and long black dresses, fixed their eyes on her red shoes. ", And the executioner said, "Thou dost not know who I am, I fancy? Earnestly she listened when at evening the preacher read aloud the Holy Scriptures. In Hans Christian Andersen’s fable The Red Shoes, a young girl longs for a pair of pretty red shoes. Even when the bishop laid his hand upon her head and spoke of her covenant with God and how she must now begin to be a full-grown Christian, and when the organ pealed forth solemnly and the children’s fresh, sweet voices joined with those of the choir—still Karen thought of nothing but her shoes. Make Bedtime even more fun for your child with hundreds of children short stories online, short stories for baby and short children bedtime stories. Just at that time a large, old-fashioned carriage happened to pass by, and the old lady who sat in it saw the little girl and pitied her.
"Yes, they shine!" She put them on, for she thought there could not be any sin in that, and of course there was not—but she went next to the ball and began to dance. I really believe I am as good as many a one who sits in the church, and holds her head so high!".
She raised her tearful eyes and said, “O God, do thou help me!”, Then the sun shone brightly, and before her stood the white angel that she had seen at the church door. And away she went boldly; but she had not got farther than the churchyard gate before she saw the red shoes dancing before her; and she was frightened, and turned back, and repented of her sin from her heart. “Are they of polished leather, that they shine so?” asked the old lady.
Karen raised her foot to get in after her, when the old soldier said. And this little daughter was a princess, and people streamed to the castle, and Karen was there also, and the little princess stood in her fine white dress, in a window, and let herself be stared at; she had neither a train nor a golden crown, but splendid red morocco shoes. Surely nothing in the world could be compared to those red shoes. I cannot come in, for I must dance.”, The man said, “Do you know who I am and what I do?”, “Yes,” said Karen; “but do not strike off my head, for then I could not live to repent of my sin. said the old lady. Strike off my feet, that I may be rid of my red shoes.”. As before, every one saw Karen’s red shoes, and all the carved figures too bent their gaze upon them. This is one of the best fairy tales for kids that of, “The Red Shoes“. Discover more than 3,800 classic tales plus new stories by fairy tale fans. Shreya Sharma is the Co-Founder and Creative Head of Bedtimeshortstories.com. We believe that the hand-made life is the life well lived. "They shine so!". And she thought only of them as the clergyman laid his hand upon her head, and spoke of the holy baptism, of the covenant with God, and how she should be now a matured Christian; and the organ pealed so solemnly; the sweet children's voices sang, and the old music-directors sang, but Karen only thought of her red shoes. She prayed as an angel appeared in the light surrounded by flowers in bloom. Now all the people went out of church, and the old lady got into her carriage. . How beautiful they were! The rich shoemaker in the city took the measure of her little foot. And once again, she had red shoes, and took them off only at night, she even put them for church which of course was not all right. She put the shoes on, and ran up to her mommy, who was very very ill. She didn’t take them off that day or that night, and thought she never will. Already a member? “Take them off, even if you have to cut off my feet,” she screamed in pain.
This took place at his house, in his room; where stood large glass-cases, filled with elegant shoes and brilliant boots. They were not at all suitable for mourning, but she had no others, so she put them on her little bare feet and followed the poor plain coffin to its last resting place. Dance shalt thou from door to door, and where proud, vain children dwell, thou shalt knock, that they may hear thee and tremble! "Sit firm when you dance"; and he put his hand out towards the soles. As time went by, the pretty little girl grew and grew and grew, her new boring shoes got small and old, and the lady took her to get some new. One morning she danced past a door which she well knew. On Sunday, when they all went to church, they asked her if she would not go, too, but she looked sad and bade them go without her. said Karen, and they fitted, and were bought, but the old lady knew nothing about their being red, else she would never have allowed Karen to have gone in red shoes to be confirmed. When Sunday came, she said: “I am sure I must have suffered and striven enough by this time. They seemed to have grown fast to her feet. She danced, and was forced to dance straight out into the gloomy wood. 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. She danced past the open church door, and there she saw an angel in long white robes and with wings that reached from his shoulders to the earth. And Karen could not help dancing a step or two, and when she began her feet continued to dance; it was just as though the shoes had power over them. The jealous Lermontov sends Craster away and Vicky decides to leave the company and marry Craster. On the very day that Karen received the shoes, her mother was to be buried. The clergyman’s wife pitied her and granted her request, and she proved industrious and very thoughtful. She wished to seat herself on a poor man's grave, where the bitter tansy grew; but for her there was neither peace nor rest; and when she danced towards the open church door, she saw an angel standing there. Sign in. She must be nursed and waited upon, and there was no one whose duty it was so much as Karen's. An old fat lady took her in, gave her a new home and a bed. She looked at her black shoes, and then at her red ones, then again at the black and at the red—and the red ones were put on. She sat still and listened when the clergyman read the Bible in the evenings. said she. .
hoes inside. She walked slowly, a crutch in each hand, she walked whole day, maybe more, but she couldn’t enter the church as the red shoes were dancing in front of the door. But Karen herself was cleanly and nicely dressed; she must learn to read and sew; and people said she was a nice little thing, but the looking-glass said: "Thou art more than nice, thou art beautiful!". Now the old lady was sick, and it was said she could not recover. Oh, how gay they were! ", And Karen believed all this happened on account of the red shoes, but the old lady thought they were horrible, and they were burnt. But then one Sunday, a bearded soldier waited at the church’s door, he whispered something about the vain girl’s shoes, and they started dancing on the floor. At the church door stood an old soldier with a crutch, and with a wonderfully long beard, which was more red than white, and he bowed to the ground, and asked the old lady whether he might dust her shoes. Every one, of course, looked at Karen’s shoes; and when she walked up the nave to the chancel it seemed to her that even the antique figures on the monuments, the portraits of clergymen and their wives, with their stiff ruffs and long black robes, were fixing their eyes on her red shoes. And she went to church to pray, but she kept thinking of the shiny red shoes that the old lady had thrown away. The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen. And he touched the walls, and they widened out, and she saw the organ which was playing; she saw the old pictures of the preachers and the preachers' wives. I am quite as good, I dare say, as many who are holding their heads high in the church.” So she took courage and went again. She then went to the pastor’s house and begged as a favor to be taken into the family’s service, promising to be diligent and faithful. Create a library and add your favorite stories. Up among the trees something glistened. Yet such was the case. All that week she endured the keenest sorrow and shed many bitter tears. And she danced, and must dance, over fields and meadows, in rain and sunshine, by night and day; but at night it was the most fearful. The shoemaker said also they had been made for the child of a count, but had not fitted. Then it was suddenly light up among the trees, and she fancied it must be the moon, for there was a face; but it was the old soldier with the red beard; he sat there, nodded his head, and said, "Look, what beautiful dancing shoes!".
Finally, she danced to a lonely little house where she knew that the executioner dwelt, and she tapped at the window, saying, “Come out, come out! “Give me the little girl,” she said to the clergyman, “and I will take care of her.”, Karen supposed that all this happened because of the red shoes, but the old lady thought them frightful and ordered them to be burned. One Sunday as always, they all went to church but the girl stayed in her room. Other tales in the volume include "The Elf Mound" (Elverhøi), "The Jumpers" (Springfyrene), "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep" (Hyrdinden og Skorstensfejeren), and "Holger Danske" (Holger Danske). He had heard her repent and knew it was honest, so he brought the church there. Dance thou shalt—dance on!”. When Karen knelt at the chancel she thought only of the shoes; they floated before her eyes, and she forgot to say her prayer or sing her psalm. One day this good woman made, as well as she could, a little pair of shoes out of some strips of old red cloth. Then one fine day, she got a box with the most beautiful red shoes inside.
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