THE CONCEITED APPLE-BRANCH
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE CONCEITED APPLE-BRANCH
by Hans Christian Andersen
IT was the month of May. The wind still blew cold; but from bush
and tree, field and flower, came the welcome sound, "Spring is
come." Wild-flowers in profusion covered the hedges. Under the
little apple-tree, Spring seemed busy, and told his tale from one of
the br ...