15 - The Conceited Apple Branch - Hans Christian Andersen

15 - The Conceited Apple Branch - Hans Christian Andersen

A snobby apple blossom branch thinks that dandelion flowers are plain and unattractive until a young countess teaches him the real meaning of beauty and a lesson in humility. After all, dandelions are said to have the power of making wishes come true. Summary Source [https://www.thestoryhome.com/stories/the-conceited-apple-branch/#:~:text=About%20This%20Story,of%20making%20wishes%20come%20true.] Follow along or Read the full story with me [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27200/27200-h/27200-h.htm#apple_br] Contact me with any comments or requests - bedtimestorieswithsonneillon@gmail.com #sonneillon #bedtimestorieswithsonneillon #adultstories #bedtime #esl #englishstory #english

14 - Anne Lisbeth - Hans Christian Andersen

Anne Lisbeth is a pretty young girl with a child she doesn't want, so she pays a ditch digger's wife to care for him. She snags a position nursing the count's baby and finally ends up marrying a rich guy. Her son grows up, goes to sea, and dies. Anne Lisbeth hallucinates about his ghost wanting to be buried and goes mad, but apparently, she finds the redemption she seeks and she believes she's about to go to heaven when she dies. Summary Source [https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/hans-christian-andersen/summary/tales-51-60] Follow along or Read the full story with me. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27200/27200-h/27200-h.htm#a_story] Contact me with any comments or requests - bedtimestorieswithsonneillon@gmail.com #sonneillon #bedtimestorieswithsonneillon #adultstories #bedtime #esl #englishstory #english

13 - A Story - Hans Christian Andersen

A minister always preaches about hellfire and damnation, saying how sinners will burn in hell eternally. One day his wife falls ill and dies, and then she comes back to haunt him, saying she'll be able to go to heaven if the minister can obtain a hair from the head of a sinner who's doomed to hell. The minister travels all over and meets weirdos and creeps, but he believes God will redeem each of them. This is apparently the lesson the minister was meant to learn so that he'll stop preaching those pessimistic sermons. And then he wakes up to see his wife still alive since the whole thing was just a dream. Summary Source [https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/hans-christian-andersen/summary/tales-51-60] Music by John_Kens [https://pixabay.com/users/john_kensy_music-26026995/]y [https://pixabay.com/users/john_kensy_music-26026995/]_Music [https://pixabay.com/users/john_kensy_music-26026995/] on Pixabay Follow along or Read the full story with me. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27200/27200-h/27200-h.htm#a_story] Contact me with any comments or requests - bedtimestorieswithsonneillon@gmail.com #sonneillon #bedtimestorieswithsonneillon #adultstories #bedtime #esl #englishstory #english

12 - The Red Shoes - Hans Christian Andersen

A poor girl named Karen is orphaned when her mother dies. A shoemaker takes pity on her and makes her some red shoes, which she loves because they seem so fancy and because (she believes) they get a rich old lady to notice her. The rich old lady takes Karen in and throws away her now ratty red shoes. When it's time for Karen's confirmation in the church, the old lady buys her new shoes, which are also red. This is just a coincidence; the old lady's eyesight is going, so she can't actually tell what color they are. Karen wears the new red shoes to the confirmation, but she's so busy thinking about how pretty she looks in her red shoes that she doesn't pay any attention to what the bishop says. The old lady hears about how Karen was wearing red shoes and scolds her. Apparently, it's improper to wear red shoes to church. Still, Karen wears her red shoes the next time they go to church. Outside the door, an old soldier praises her pretty shoes, calling them dancing shoes. As soon as they leave the church, the old soldier again remarks on her pretty little dancing shoes—and Karen starts dancing uncontrollably. She dances through the woods until she reaches a church. An angel appears to her saying that she will dance until she dies, and she will visit all the houses so that children will be terrified of her fate. But wait! Karen dances until she reaches the house of the executioner, whom she begs to chop off her feet. He does. She repents of her sins, works for a minister, and prays to be able to enter a church again (because every time she tries, the shoes appear and block her way). God sends a vision of the church to her, and she's so happy that she dies and goes to heaven. Summary Source [https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/hans-christian-andersen/summary/tales-31-40] Music by Olexy [https://pixabay.com/music/acoustic-group-morning-garden-acoustic-chill-15013/] on pixabay Follow along or Read the full story with me. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1597/1597-h/1597-h.htm#link2H_4_0018] Contact me with any comments or requests - bedtimestorieswithsonneillon@gmail.com #sonneillon #bedtimestorieswithsonneillon #adultstories #bedtime #esl #englishstory #english

11 - The Naughty Boy - Hans Christian Andersen

An old poet is just sitting around, being all poet-y when a boy bangs on his door and asks to be let in. The boy is naked, wet, and cold. He's also holding a bow and arrows. Hmm, sounds suspicious to us. The poet invites him in to get warm. The stranger then identifies himself as Cupid. Aha! Cupid shoots an arrow into the old man's heart. The poet writhes in agony on the floor, and later he warns all the boys and girls to beware of Cupid because he's so naughty, with his going around and shooting people in the heart and all. But Cupid is clever. So he still manages to find and shoot pretty much everyone in the heart. Even your grandmother. Summary Source [https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/hans-christian-andersen/summary/tales-1-10] Follow along or Read the full story with me. [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1597/1597-h/1597-h.htm#link2H_4_0017] Music by ZakharValaha [https://pixabay.com/users/zakharvalaha-22836301/?tab=audio&utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=audio&utm_content=33106]from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/] Contact me with any comments or requests - bedtimestorieswithsonneillon@gmail.com #sonneillon #bedtimestorieswithsonneillon #adultstories #bedtime #esl #englishstory #english