THE FLAX
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE FLAX
by Hans Christian Andersen
THE flax was in full bloom; it had pretty little blue flowers as
delicate as the wings of a moth, or even more so. The sun shone, and
the showers watered it; and this was just as good for the flax as it
is for little children to be washed and then kissed by their mother.
The ...