The Complete Illustrated Stories of Hans Christian Andersen [antikvár]

TUB OLD WOMAN HANOS IHE SHILLINS BOUND THE CHILD'S NECK. THE SILVER SHILLING. Theue was once a Shilling. He came out quite bright from the Mint, and sprang up, and rang out, " Hurrah! now I'm off into the wide world." And into the wide world he certainly went. The child held him with soft warm hands; the miser clutched him in a cold avaricious palm; the old man turned him goodness knows how many times before parting with him; while careless youth rolled him lightly away. The Shilling was of silver, and had very little copper