The Snow Man
by Hans Christian Andersen（1861）
　　T is so delightfully cold，“ said the Snow Man， ”that it makes my whole body crackle. This is just the kind of wind to blow life into one. How that great red thing up there is staring at me！“ He meant the sun， who was just setting. ”

 
THE SNOW QUEEN
　　FIRST STORY. Which Treats of a Mirror and of the Splinters
　　Now then， let us begin. When we are at the end of the story， we shall know more than we know now： but to begin.
　　Once upon a time there was a wicked sprite， indeed he was the most mischievous of all