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81. Anderson's Fairy Tales, 1930 edition

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 08:34 PM

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I read it while I recuperated from whooping cough for six weeks when I was in third grade and staying with my godmother and godfather so my brother and sister didn't catch it. My aunt Anna had this lovely BIG old book of fairy tales and I fell in love with it! Read it cover to cover...."The Wild Swans", "The Snow Queen', "The Tinder Box".... man, I DISAPPEARED into those stories!

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