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In The Naughty Boy, an old poet welcomes a wet and shivering boy into his home to warm up, not realizing that the boy has an ulterior motive - and a bow and arrow. This short tale ruminates on the naughtiness and ubiquity of Cupid.

In this fable about what happens to liars and boasters, a gentleman’s collar decides to marry and proposes to various female objects, embroidering his accomplishments and good qualities at every turn.

In The Shoes of Fortune, a series of people who are dissatisfied with their lives put on a pair of magic shoes that grants them wishes. A civil servant who idealizes the middle ages experiences all its inconveniences. A watchman lives the lonely life of his superior and endures a terrifying visit to the moon. The shoes pass from owner to owner until one exhausted wearer who wishes for rest and spiritual freedom dies. Andersen concludes with a quote by Solon: Call no man happy until he rests in his grave.

In The Red Shoes, a peasant girl named Karen is adopted by a rich old lady and grows up vain and spoiled. She is so enamored of a new pair of red shoes that she wears them to church in spite of a warning to only wear black shoes there. She soon learns that ignoring that warning was a bad idea: a mysterious old soldier at the church charms the red shoes with a tap of his hand. This cautionary tale has been adapted for various media including film.

In The Happy Family, a pair of snails live inside a burdock forest near an old manor house. They remember the old days when their kinfolk were served on platters in the old house and suspect the house has since been abandoned. Deciding to grow their family, they adopt a common snail and must arrange a marriage for their new child.

In The Swineherd, a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a prince who disguises himself as a swineherd woos an arrogant princess. Sending her a nightingale and a rose, the princess rejects the humble gifts preferring the man-made over the real. The prince/swineherd creates a musical pot and charges the princess 10 kisses for it. The princess trudges through the mud to pay 100 kisses for his next creation, a musical rattle. A parable about the shallowness of earthly things.

In The Old House, a boy is invited to meet the old man across the street, and he offers the old man a gift of a toy soldier. The toy soldier, unhappy with his new surroundings, flings himself through a hole in the floor and disappears. After the old man dies, the old house is torn down, and a new one is built, but the toy soldier remains to be rediscovered.

Classic fairy tales and stories are an essential part of children's development. This collection brings together rare fairy tales, stories, myths and legends, to feed the intelligence and imagination of children in their years of development. Here are seven of the rarest and most delightful tales: "How to Tell a True Princess" and "The Darning Needle" by master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen; "Belling the Cat" and "The Wolf and the Fox", taken from Aesop's fables; an English fairy tale, "Master of all Masters"; "Persevere and Prosper", and "The Story of Caliph Stork", two old Arabian tales.

"Il guardiano dei porci" è forse una delle fiabe meno conosciute di Andersen. Questa nuova versione interpretata da Gaetano Marino vi offre dunque l'opportunità di riscoprire una piccola gemma dimenticata di uno dei più grandi autori per bambini di tutti i tempi. Una fiaba della buonanotte da ascoltare per sognare ad occhi aperti.

Una delle più belle e famose fiabe di Andersen torna in una nuova versione interpretata da Gaetano Marino. Una fiaba della buonanotte da ascoltare per sognare ad occhi aperti e che può insegnare molto anche agli adulti.

"Cinque piselli in un baccello", classico senza tempo della letteratura per bambini, torna in una nuova versione interpretata da Gaetano Marino. Una fiaba della buonanotte da ascoltare per sognare ad occhi aperti.

"Il ragazzaccio dall'arco d'avorio e le frecce d'amore" è forse una delle fiabe meno conosciute di Andersen. Questa nuova versione interpretata da Gaetano Marino vi offre dunque l'opportunità di riscoprire una piccola gemma dimenticata di uno dei più grandi autori per bambini di tutti i tempi. Una fiaba della buonanotte da ascoltare per sognare ad occhi aperti.

La versione di Andersen de "La principessa sul pisello" è probabilmente una delle fiabe più famose della tradizione popolare europea. Questa nuova versione interpretata da Gaetano Marino ci offre dunque l'opportunità di riscoprire uno dei capolavori di uno dei più celebri autori per bambini di tutti i tempi.

La piccola fiammiferaia è probabilmente una delle fiabe più celebri di Andersen. Questa nuova versione interpretata da Gaetano Marino vi offre dunque l'opportunità di riscoprire uno dei capolavori di uno dei più celebri autori per bambini di tutti i tempi.

"L'usignolo dell'imperatore" è forse una delle fiabe più suggestive di Andersen. Questa nuova versione interpretata da Gaetano Marino vi offre dunque l'opportunità di assaporare un piccolo, grande capolavoro di uno dei più celebri autori per bambini di tutti i tempi. Una fiaba della buonanotte da ascoltare per sognare ad occhi aperti.

In "The Elderbush", a boy arrives home with a cold. His mother whisks him off to bed and prepares some elderflower tea to warm him up. A kindly older neighbor stops by to visit the boy, who asks for a fairy tale. The old man struggles to think of one, but becomes inspired by the aroma of the elderflower tea. A story about how real life can provide subjects for some of the most wonderful fairy tales.

In "The Dream of Little Tuk", a little boy named Tuk interrupts his studying to help an old woman carry water. Later, when he goes to sleep, he puts his geography book under his pillow in the hopes that its knowledge will be magically transmitted into his brain. In his dreams, the old woman appears and repays his earlier kindness.

In this parable about the transience of earthly things, a mysterious bell is heard by the inhabitants of a village. They search the forest but are unable to find the source. When a prince and a child eventually discover it, they realize that it is as mysterious and old as nature itself.

Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness. Readily accessible by children, they present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity that appeal to mature listeners as well. This collection of 18 tales includes "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Princess and the Pea", and "The Snow Queen".

"The Fir Tree" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. It is a melancholy story, warning about the dangers of always expecting greater glory just around the corner, only to be disappointed or to regret the unappreciated instants; only the moment is worthwhile.