THE OLD HOUSE
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE OLD HOUSE
by Hans Christian Andersen
A VERY old house stood once in a street with several that were
quite new and clean. The date of its erection had been carved on one
of the beams, and surrounded by scrolls formed of tulips and
hop-tendrils; by this date it could be seen that the old house was
nearly three ...