THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE PEN AND THE INKSTAND
by Hans Christian Andersen
IN a poet's room, where his inkstand stood on the table, the
remark was once made, "It is wonderful what can be brought out of an
inkstand. What will come next? It is indeed wonderful."
"Yes, certainly," said the inkstand to the pen, and to the other
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