Fairytale: Story Telling
The Red Shoes By Hans Christian Andersen In a small village, lived a beautiful girl named Karen. She lived with her mother in a small hut. Karen was a poor girl. She had no shoes to wear. She always wore wooden shoes that her mother had made for her. The shoes were hard and Karen's feet hurt! Soon, Karen’s mother got very ill. Karen spent all her time taking care of her mother. Once, while coming back home, Karen found a pair of red shoes in a box. The box was on the sidewalk. Karen loved the red shoes and decided to take them home. But her mother was not happy to see the red shoes. “Karen, you must never pick up anything off the road! They may belong to someone. This is stealing!” said Karen’s mother. “Then they should be more careful, Mama. Finders are keepers.” Replied Karen. “Oh Karen, don’t be so stubborn. I know we are poor and I cannot buy you shiny shoes. But our poverty must not make us do wrong things! Promise me that you will never wear these red shoe...