THE DROP OF WATER
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE DROP OF WATER
by Hans Christian Andersen
OF course you know what is meant by a magnifying glass- one of
those round spectacle-glasses that make everything look a hundred
times bigger than it is? When any one takes one of these and holds
it to his eye, and looks at a drop of water from the pond yonder, he
sees a ...