New Year Tales

A small collection of fairy tales for the New Year, including two classic tales from Hans Christian Anderson.

A Happy New Year
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The Fairy's New Year Gift
Two little boys were at play one day when a Fairy suddenly appeared before them and said: ``I have been sent to give you New Year presents.'' She handed to each child a package, and in an instant was gone.....

The Little Match Girl
It was very, very cold; it snowed and it grew dark; it was the last evening of the year, New Year's Eve. In the cold and dark a poor little girl, with bare head and bare feet, was walking through the streets.....

The Twelve Months: a Slav Legend
There was once a widow who had two daughters, Helen, her own child by her dead husband, and Marouckla, his daughter by his first wife. She loved Helen, but hated the poor orphan because she was far prettier than her own daughter.....

The Mail-Coach Passengers
It was bitterly cold. The sky glittered with stars, and not a breeze stirred. ``Bump,''--an old pot was thrown at a neighbor's door; and, ``Bang! Bang!'' went the guns, for they were greeting the New Year.....