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The Story Of A Mother. by Hans Christian Andersen. A mother sat there with her little child. She was so downcast, so afraid that it should die!
Synopsis. A mother has not slept for three days and nights watching over her sick child. When she closes her eyes for just a moment, Death comes and takes her child. The mother rushes into the street and asks a woman, who is Night, which way Death went.
- Hans Christian Andersen
- 1847
„The Story of a Mother“ by Hans Christian Andersen follows a mother’s desperate journey to save her dying child. When Death arrives at their home, disguised as an old man, the mother unknowingly allows him to take her child away.
The sad, blind mother bent over the tiniest plants and listened to the beat of their human hearts, and among so many millions she knew her own child's heartbeat. "This is it," she cried, groping for a little blue crocus, which had wilted and dropped to one side.
A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. A mother sat by her little child; she was very sad, for she feared it would die. It was quite pale, and its little eyes were closed, and sometimes it drew a heavy deep breath, almost like a sigh; and then the mother gazed more sadly than ever on the poor little creature.
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Jun 26, 2020 · A child is gravely ill and his mother has already spent three nights at his bedside. Then, a strange man knocks on the door and she bids him enter to shelter from the cold. But, it was...
“The Story of a Mother” is a fairy tale by Andersen, praising a mother’s love and unconditional sacrifice for her child. A mother sat by her little child, worried and heartbroken, fearing for its life.
