THE
TOP AND THE BALL
Original by Hans Christian Andersen
Once there was a boy who had
box with a top and a ball inside. The top said to the ball, “Shall we be
married? We shall look so lovely together.”
The ball said” How could you
even ask?”
The next day the boy painted
the top red and yellow and put a brass nail inside. The top looked spectacular when he spun
around. “Now we shall be married. I spin and you dance.” The ball didn’t reply.
The next day the boy took
them out and played with them. The ball kept on bouncing until its ninth bounce
when flew out of sight. The top said “I know where she has gone. She flew into
the swallow’s nest and married the swallow.”
Years later the top flew into
the gutter and fell into a big pile of garbage. The top found a ball which
looked like cabbage. The ball said she
was once engaged to a swallow, but fell into the garbage from the roof. Then
the servant came and found the top, but didn’t recognize the ball. The servant
picked up the top and brought it back to the boy.
THE END
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