THE ELF OF THE ROSE
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE ELF OF THE ROSE
by Hans Christian Andersen
IN the midst of a garden grew a rose-tree, in full blossom, and in
the prettiest of all the roses lived an elf. He was such a little
wee thing, that no human eye could see him. Behind each leaf of the
rose he had a sleeping chamber. He was as well formed and as beautiful
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