"The Shadow" (Danish: Skyggen) is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The tale was first published in 1847. Once a learned man from the northern regions of Europe went on a voyage south. One night, he sat on his terrace, while the fire behind him cast his shadow on the opposite balcony. As he was sitting there, resting, the man was amused to observe how the shadow followed his every movement, as if he really did sit upon the opposing balcony. When he finally grew tired and went to sleep, he imagined the shadow would likewise retire in the house across the street. The next morning however, the man found to his surprise that he in fact had lost his shadow overnight. As a new shadow slowly grew back from the tip of his toes, the man did not give the incident another thought, returned to northern Europe, and took up writing again. Several years passed by until one night there was a knock at his door. To his surprise, it was his shadow, the one he lost years before in Africa, and now stood upon his doorstep, almost completely human in appearance. Astonished by his sudden reappearance, the learned man invited him into his house, and soon the two sat by the fireplace, as the shadow related how he had come to be man...
Titania Special, Märchenklassiker, Box 5: Der geheime Garten, Däumelinchen, Die Schöne und das Biest
Frances Hodgson, Hans Christian, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot
audiobookTitania Special, Märchenklassiker, Box 3: Nils Holgersson, Der Zauberer von Oz, Die Schneekönigin
Selma Lagerlöf, Lyman Frank, Hans Christian
audiobookTitania Special, Märchenklassiker, Box 4: Pinocchio, Das kleine Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, Die kleine Meerjungfrau
Carlo Collodi, Hans Christian
audiobookThe Swineherd - Story Time, Episode 80 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobookThe Story of a Mother - Story Time, Episode 79 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobookThe Snow Queen - Story Time, Episode 78 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobookThe Shoes of Fortune - Story Time, Episode 77 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobookThe Red Shoes - Story Time, Episode 75 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobookThe Real Princess - Story Time, Episode 74 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobookThe Old House - Story Time, Episode 73 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobookThe Naughty Boy - Story Time, Episode 72 (Unabridged)
Hans Christian
audiobook