The Bishop of Borglum and His Men

We are up in Jutland, near the wild marsh. We can hear the north Sea, hear it tossing about for it is quite close by. Before us rises a great sand dune; we have been looking at it for a long while, and we've been, and still are, driving toward it, very slowly, through the deep sand.

The Butterfly

The Butterfly wanted a sweetheart, and naturally he wanted one of the prettiest of the dear little flowers.

Moving Day

You surely remember Ole, the tower watchman. 

A Story From the Sand Dunes - Part II

It was toward spring, and the fishing began. Jurgen helped, for he had grown during the last year; he was quick and alert at his work, and there was no lack of spirit in him. He could swim and tread water, turn over and tumble in the the water.

A Story From the Sand Dunes - Part I

This is a story of the sand dunes of Jutland, but it doesn't begin there; no, it begins far away to the south, in Spain. The ocean is the highway between the two countries. So now let your thoughts journey to Spain!

"Beautiful"

Alfred the sculptor -- yes, you know him, don't you? We all know him; he was awarded the gold medal, traveled to Italy, and came home again.

The Farmyard Cock and the Weathercock

Once there were two cocks, one on a dunghill and one on the roof, both of them conceited; but which of the two did the most? Tell us what you think -- we'll keep our opinion, anyway.

Pen and Inkstand

In a poet's study, somebody made a remark as he looked at the inkstand that was standing on the table: "It's strange what can come out of the inkstand! I wonder what the next thing will be. Yes, it's strange!"

Two Brothers

On one of the Danish islands, where old thingsteads, the judgment seats of our forefathers, loom up in the cornfields and mighty trees raise their heads above the beech forests, there lies a little town of low houses with red roofs.

The Child in the Grave

There was sorrow in the house; there was sorrow in every heart, for the youngest child, a four-year-old boy, the joy and future hope of his parents, was dead.