Once upon a time, there was a businessman who was very rich, and later he died. His son has inherited all the money now, and he has run out of money. Finally, he had only forty cents left, in addition to a pair of casual shoes and an old pajamas. A kind-hearted man gave him a box and said, please put your things in it. Then he sat alone in the box.

This is a very interesting box. People just need to press its lock and the box will fly. It really flew. He hid the box under the dead leaves in the Woods and went into the city.

He went back to the Woods, got into the box, flew to the roof and sneaked into the princess's room through the window. They had a happy time. He proposed to the princess. The princess immediately agreed.

The king consented to their marriage. Now he is back in the forest and wants to sit in his box. But the box was burned. Sparks from fireworks lit a big fire. The box has been reduced to ashes. He can't fly anymore. There is no way to find his bride.

She waited on the roof all day. She is still waiting there.

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Andersen's fairy tales have a wide range of themes, among which tragic stories occupy considerable weight. These works end with people's disillusionment with the ideal life and beautiful vision, the failure of people's spiritual pursuit, the trampling of good hearts, and the persecution or slavery of good workers. In Andersen's world, tragedy is unusual.

Whether it is the daughter of Hai, the little mermaid who died for her ideal, or the story of her mother, a mother who gave up her children's real life because of her noble maternal love is a pity for those who are in trouble and yearn for a better life but are eventually swallowed up by the dark society.

Andersen placed sympathy, understanding, love, respect and praise on them. This feeling has a long history in his works. (Journal of Ping Xu-Kunming Teachers College, No.3, 2005)

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Baidu encyclopedia-Andersen's fairy tales