THE RED SHOES
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
THE RED SHOES
by Hans Christian Andersen
ONCE upon a time there was little girl, pretty and dainty. But
in summer time she was obliged to go barefooted because she was
poor, and in winter she had to wear large wooden shoes, so that her
little instep grew quite red.
In the middle of the village lived an old sh ...