\u201cHallo! what have you got in your sack!\u201d asked the farmer.
\n<\/i>\u201cOh, it is a conjuror,\u201d said Little Claus; \u201cand he says we need not eat porridge, for he has conjured the oven full of roast meat, fish, and pie.\u201d
\n<\/i>Wonderful!\u201d cried the farmer, starting up and opening the oven door; and there lay all the nice things hidden by the farmer\u2019s wife, but which he supposed had been conjured there by the wizard under the table.<\/i><\/p>\n
Poor Little Claus\u2019 only horse is beaten to death by his wealthier namesake, Big Claus. But with a little cunning, and trick by trick, Little Claus turns his dead horse into a fortune by exploiting the villagers\u2019 superstitious beliefs. In this Andersen classic, fortune favours the clever.<\/p>\n
Biography\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), the great storyteller of Denmark, moved from Odense to Copenhagen at age 14 with one goal in mind \u2013 to become famous. Trying \u2013 and failing \u2013 as a ballet dancer, dramatist and singer, Andersen eventually gained success with his fairy tales, among them\u00a0The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes<\/i>,\u00a0The Little Mermaid<\/i>,\u00a0The Ugly Duckling<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Red Shoes<\/i>\u00a0being some of his most famous.<\/p>\n His fairy tales are of international renown, translated into almost 150 languages and with countless adaptations. His taste for irony has kept his stories fresh, and they are still widely read today.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHallo! what have you got in your sack!\u201d asked the farmer. \u201cOh, it is a conjuror,\u201d said Little Claus; \u201cand he says we need not eat porridge, for he has conjured the oven full of roast meat, fish, and pie.\u201d Wonderful!\u201d cried the farmer, starting up and opening the oven door; and there lay all […]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1303062,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[79],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1303053","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-noveller","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n