the Flying Trunkby Hans Christian Andersen(1838) theRE was once a merchant who was so richthat he could have paved the whole street withgold, and would even then have had enough for asmall alley. But he did not do so; he knew the valueof money better than to use it in this way. So cleverwas he, that every shilling he put out brought him acrown; and so he continued till he died. His soninherited his wealth, and he lived a merry life withit; he went to a masquerade every night, made kites out of five pound notes, and threwpieces of gold into the sea instead of stones, making ducks and drakes of them. In thismanner he soon lost all his money. At last he had nothing left but a pair of slippers, an olddressing-gown, and four shillings. And now all his friends deserted him, they could not walkwith him in the streets; but one of them, who was very good-natured, sent him an oldtrunk with this message,“Pack up!”“Yes,” he said,“it is all very well to say 'pack up,'”but he had nothing left to pack up, therefore he seated himself in the trunk. It was a verywonderful trunk; no sooner did any one press on the lock than the trunk could fly. He shutthe lid and pressed the lock, when away flew the trunk up the chimney with the merchant'sson in it, right up into the clouds. Whenever the bottom of the trunk cracked, he was in aGREat fright, for if the trunk fell to pieces he would have made a tre
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