Hans Christian Andersen

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"The Ugly Duckling
by Hans Christian Andersen."

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I'm Hans Christian Andersen

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That fortune has smiled upon

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Although I'm a duckling today,
tomorrow I'm a swan

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A tale I told and it turned to gold,
as gold as a tale can be

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I laugh, ha ha, but I blush a bit
for I realise while I'm reading it

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That it's also reading me

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"By Hans Christian Andersen"!

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I am a swan!

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I write myself a note each day
and I place it in my hat

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The wind comes by, the hat blows high
but that's not the end of that

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For round and round the world it goes
It lands here right behind myself

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I pick it up and I read the note
which is merely to remind myself

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I'm Hans Christian Andersen

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Andersen...

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Peter!

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I'm Hans Christian Andersen

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I bring you a fable rare

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There once was a table who said,
"How I'd love a chair"

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And then and there
came a sweet young chair

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All dressed in a bridal gown

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He said to her in a voice so true

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"Now I did not say I would marry you,
but I would like to sit down"

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I'm Hans Christian Andersen

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Andersen's in town!

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"The Ugly Duckling
by... Hans the Cobbler"!

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You're looking at a writer. A real writer.

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Tomorrow, the newspaper will say,
"Hans Christian Andersen" all day!

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- Was that what the newspaper wanted?
- Yes.

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They've printed one of your stories!

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And the way it happened
is like a story in itself. Wait till you hear.