TWO MAIDENS
1872
FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
TWO MAIDENS
by Hans Christian Andersen
HAVE you ever seen a maiden? I mean what our pavers call a maiden,
a thing with which they ram down the paving-stones in the roads. A
maiden of this kind is made altogether of wood, broad below, and
girt round with iron rings. At the top she is narrow, and has a
stick passe ...