OLE THE TOWER-KEEPER
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
OLE THE TOWER-KEEPER
by Hans Christian Andersen
"IN the world it's always going up and down; and now I can't go up
any higher!" So said Ole the tower-keeper. "Most people have to try
both the ups and the downs; and, rightly considered, we all get to
be watchmen at last, and look down upon life from a height."
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