"The Butterfly" (Danish: "Sommerfulgen") is a short fantasy story for children by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published in 1861.
The story's title character and protagonist is a butterfly who wishes to marry a flower. Unfortunately for him, the expectations which he has of his future wife are very high. He decides that none of the flowers that he sees are worthy of being his bride. Consequently, he never marries and ends his days as an old bachelor.
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The Ice Virgin : Essential Novellas and Stories
Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen: Meisterwerke der Erzählkunst : Klassiker der Weltliteratur: Märchen und Erzählungen
The Dryad : From the FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
La Petite Fille aux Allumettes
Delaying is not Forgetting :
Le Vilain Petit Canard
La Petite Sirène
The Darning Needle :
The Daisy :
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The Golden Bird (Story Time, Episode 1)
Hans in Luck (Story Time, Episode 2)
Jorinda and Jorindel (Story Time, Episode 3)
The Travelling Musicians (Story Time, Episode 4)
Old Sultan (Story Time, Episode 5)
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean (Story Time, Episode 6)
Briar Rose (Story Time, Episode 7)
The Dog and the Sparrow (Story Time, Episode 8)
The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Story Time, Episode 9)
The Fisherman and His Wife (Story Time, Episode 10)
The Willow-Wren and the Bear (Story Time, Episode 11)
The Frog-Prince (Story Time, Episode 12)
