THE BUTTERFLY
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE BUTTERFLY
by Hans Christian Andersen
THERE was once a butterfly who wished for a bride, and, as may
be supposed, he wanted to choose a very pretty one from among the
flowers. He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds,
and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their
stal ...