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The Fir-Tree - by Hans Christian Andersen

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" The Fir-Tree " ( Danish : Grantræet ) is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with " The Snow Queen ", in New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection , in Copenhagen, Denmark , by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager [ de ]) indicates that "The Fir-Tree" was the first of Andersen's fairy tales to express a deep pessimism. [1]