BOOK IV: “EM

_“I saw a little girl in tears, said the moon; she was crying over the wickedness of the world. A most beautiful doll had been given her as a present. Indeed it was a splendid doll, so fair and so fragile! Apparently it was not created to stand the rough wear and tear of this world. The brothers of the little girl, however, great mischievous boys, had fixed the doll high up in the branches of a tree and then run away. As the little girl could not reach her doll and take it down, she began to cry. Evidently the doll was crying too, for it stretched out its arms amidst the green leaves, and looked quite sad. Yes, yes, the little girl experienced some of the troubles of this world....”_

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN--_“What the Moon Saw”_