A LEAF FROM HEAVEN
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
A LEAF FROM HEAVEN
by Hans Christian Andersen
HIGH up in the clear, pure air flew an angel, with a flower
plucked from the garden of heaven. As he was kissing the flower a very
little leaf fell from it and sunk down into the soft earth in the
middle of a wood. It immediately took root, sprouted, and sent out
shoots ...