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Цветята на малката Ида
"Цветята на малката Ида" е приказка от датския писател Х. Кр. Андерсен. Историята за танцуващите цветя е разказана с присъщата изящност на майстора. Малката Ида случайно научава за баловете, които си организират цветята в кралския дворец. И ето че една нощ тя попада на един такъв бал. Освен че присъства на великолепни танци, малката Ида научава, че цветята могат да бъдат спасени, ако се посадят в земята...
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First published May 8, 1835
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Hans Christian Andersen
7,708 books3,583 followersHans Christian Andersen (often referred to in Scandinavia as H.C. Andersen) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories — called eventyr, or "fairy-tales" — express themes that transcend age and nationality.
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.
Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Nightingale", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and many more. His stories have inspired plays, ballets, and both live-action and animated films.
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December 9, 2023
Little Ida's Flowers is one of the earliest fairy stories by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1835, along with three others, "The Tinderbox", "Little Claus and Big Claus", and "The Princess and the Pea". "Little Ida's Flowers" was unusually from his own original idea, and not based on an earlier folktale, as the others were. Hans Christian Andersen said,
"Little Ida's Flowers" ... came into being one day while visiting the poet Thiele, when I was telling his daughter Ida about the flowers at the botanical gardens; I kept and adapted a few of the child's remarks when I later wrote the fairy-tale down."
Matthias Thiele was a folklorist and an early benefactor of Hans Christian Andersen. As well as including the little girl, Ida, in his story, the author also included himself as the "student". It is perfectly clear that he is the student who tells Ida such wonderful stories, as the student,
"could cut amazing pictures out of a piece of paper - hearts with little dancers in them, flowers and great castles with doors that opened."
And Hans Christian Andersen himself was very talented and artistic, specialising in these intricate paper cutouts, often on fairytale themes. Here is one he made:
Hans Christian Andersen's cutout shows a windmill-shaped miller with two hearts, plus a ballerina dangling from one arm. He is flanked by two sandmen (from his story) each holding an umbrella
At the beginning of the story it is early Autumn. Ida, a little girl, is worried because her flowers are wilting. A "student", tells her why. It is because her flowers are exhausted, he says. They have been dancing all night at a ball. Ida is keen to see these dancing flowers for herself.
This is an extremely fanciful and whimsical tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The images of the dancing flowers are lovely. I especially liked the idea of butterflies being flowers who dreamed they could fly. Flowers always seem to be symbols of perfection in Hans Christian Andersen's stories, which is interesting because in most folk tales they symbolise death and decay, because they wither and die. Yet in this particular author's stories, time and time again we come across the transcendent beauty of flowers.
There is a psychoanalytical interpretation of this story, in which each episode, and each character, is a metaphor for a little girl’s sexual fantasies and overnight discovery of real sexuality. The student, in this interpretation, functions as the teacher, who knows all about flowers and butterflies. However this might be, I remain of the opinion that this is an inconsequential, but charming enough, little story.
"Little Ida's Flowers" ... came into being one day while visiting the poet Thiele, when I was telling his daughter Ida about the flowers at the botanical gardens; I kept and adapted a few of the child's remarks when I later wrote the fairy-tale down."
Matthias Thiele was a folklorist and an early benefactor of Hans Christian Andersen. As well as including the little girl, Ida, in his story, the author also included himself as the "student". It is perfectly clear that he is the student who tells Ida such wonderful stories, as the student,
"could cut amazing pictures out of a piece of paper - hearts with little dancers in them, flowers and great castles with doors that opened."
And Hans Christian Andersen himself was very talented and artistic, specialising in these intricate paper cutouts, often on fairytale themes. Here is one he made:
Hans Christian Andersen's cutout shows a windmill-shaped miller with two hearts, plus a ballerina dangling from one arm. He is flanked by two sandmen (from his story) each holding an umbrella
At the beginning of the story it is early Autumn. Ida, a little girl, is worried because her flowers are wilting. A "student", tells her why. It is because her flowers are exhausted, he says. They have been dancing all night at a ball. Ida is keen to see these dancing flowers for herself.
This is an extremely fanciful and whimsical tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The images of the dancing flowers are lovely. I especially liked the idea of butterflies being flowers who dreamed they could fly. Flowers always seem to be symbols of perfection in Hans Christian Andersen's stories, which is interesting because in most folk tales they symbolise death and decay, because they wither and die. Yet in this particular author's stories, time and time again we come across the transcendent beauty of flowers.
There is a psychoanalytical interpretation of this story, in which each episode, and each character, is a metaphor for a little girl’s sexual fantasies and overnight discovery of real sexuality. The student, in this interpretation, functions as the teacher, who knows all about flowers and butterflies. However this might be, I remain of the opinion that this is an inconsequential, but charming enough, little story.
October 28, 2019
Приказките, включени в този том са едни от най-нежните и трогателни произведения на Андерсен, многопластови истории, които заслужават да бъдат четени отново и отново както от деца, така и от възрастни. Кои се те? Вгледайте се в корицата и ще разберете! „Дивите лебеди”, „Храбрият оловен войник”, „Цветята на малката Ида” и „Грозното патенце” – до една неостаряващи приказки, омагьосващи и пълни с омая и въображение, но и с мъничко тъга. Невъзможно е да останем безучастни към съдбите на Андерсеновите герои, защото в тях неизменно откриваме и самите себе си. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле": https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/201...
March 9, 2021
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I've been on a Hans Christian Andersen kick lately, reading a bunch of his stories on this site I found, partially out of curiosity and partially because I want to be able to say that I've read his entire works. This led me, most recently, to Little Ida's Flowers, an incredibly adorable tale about a young girl and her imagination. The story begins with Ida and a university student as she asks him to tell her why a pair of flowers are wilting.
Not to bog her down with the sadness that comes alongside the knowledge that the flowers may be dying, the student proceeds to inform Ida of a rather magical tale about how the flowers all go to grand balls, sometimes up at the castle, and dance themselves into exhaustion so that the next day they are simply far too tired to keep their leaves and petals standing up straight. A lawyer soon finds this imagination nonsense unacceptable to tell a child and eventually Ida is left to imagine the truth of the story on her own. And imagine it she does.
I loved the whimsy of this story, the adorableness of Ida's imagination, and so much more. It's funny, in a way, because I could also identify with the stuffy old lawyer who does not fully believe in lying to children because I understand the importance of teaching them the truth about the world and not pushing them into too much magical thinking, but children do need their imagined worlds as well. And Ida, I'm sure, would eventually grow up to learn the truth of her dancing flowers even if she doesn't quite know it just yet.
This is a fairly quick and fun read, something I would love to read to kids. There's a lot of fun in a book with a story like this and I definitely enjoyed it.
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I've been on a Hans Christian Andersen kick lately, reading a bunch of his stories on this site I found, partially out of curiosity and partially because I want to be able to say that I've read his entire works. This led me, most recently, to Little Ida's Flowers, an incredibly adorable tale about a young girl and her imagination. The story begins with Ida and a university student as she asks him to tell her why a pair of flowers are wilting.
Not to bog her down with the sadness that comes alongside the knowledge that the flowers may be dying, the student proceeds to inform Ida of a rather magical tale about how the flowers all go to grand balls, sometimes up at the castle, and dance themselves into exhaustion so that the next day they are simply far too tired to keep their leaves and petals standing up straight. A lawyer soon finds this imagination nonsense unacceptable to tell a child and eventually Ida is left to imagine the truth of the story on her own. And imagine it she does.
I loved the whimsy of this story, the adorableness of Ida's imagination, and so much more. It's funny, in a way, because I could also identify with the stuffy old lawyer who does not fully believe in lying to children because I understand the importance of teaching them the truth about the world and not pushing them into too much magical thinking, but children do need their imagined worlds as well. And Ida, I'm sure, would eventually grow up to learn the truth of her dancing flowers even if she doesn't quite know it just yet.
This is a fairly quick and fun read, something I would love to read to kids. There's a lot of fun in a book with a story like this and I definitely enjoyed it.
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January 23, 2019
Although we owned the complete Hans Christian Andersen when I was a child, and I spent hours poring over it, I have no memory of Little Ida's Flowers, which made its picture-book debut here. The story of a young girl, who wonders why her flowers seem wilted in the morning, and who listens to her friend's tales of midnight flower-balls in the king's castle with growing wonder, it includes a dream sequence in which Ida witnesses just such a dance in her own home...
Although the story was sweet, and Linda Allen's pastel watercolor illustrations were pretty, I found the overall effect of Little Ida's Flowers rather uninspiring. The whole production seemed rather bland and uninteresting, and I had no trouble understanding why this tale - unlike so many of Andersen's more popular stories - had never before been made into a book of its own. I did enjoy Andersen's poke at his critics, in the guise of the "tiresome lawyer," who demands at one point: "How can anyone put such notions into a child's head?" but that one moment of sharp humor stand out like an exclamation point in an otherwise oppressively smooth narrative. All in all, this is a book (and a tale) I would only recommend to the Andersen completist.
Although the story was sweet, and Linda Allen's pastel watercolor illustrations were pretty, I found the overall effect of Little Ida's Flowers rather uninspiring. The whole production seemed rather bland and uninteresting, and I had no trouble understanding why this tale - unlike so many of Andersen's more popular stories - had never before been made into a book of its own. I did enjoy Andersen's poke at his critics, in the guise of the "tiresome lawyer," who demands at one point: "How can anyone put such notions into a child's head?" but that one moment of sharp humor stand out like an exclamation point in an otherwise oppressively smooth narrative. All in all, this is a book (and a tale) I would only recommend to the Andersen completist.
December 17, 2014
A small celebration to life.
December 30, 2015
This is one of my favorites of Hans Christian Anderson. This magical stories tells of flowers that come to life when one is sleeping and more. Absolutely love
December 19, 2020
"Arătându-i un buchețel de flori ofilite de tot, Ida îl întrebă din nou:
-De ce par să se simtă atât de rău azi?
-Știi de ce? îi răspunse studentul. Florile au dansat toată noaptea, iar acum sunt obosite și stau așa, cu capul atârnând.
-Dar florile nu pot să danseze! sări Ida.
-Ba pot! îi răspunse studentul. Atunci când toată lumea doarme, iar afară este întuneric, florile se trezesc și țopăie fericite peste tot și dansează pentru un timp ce pare o eternitate."
-De ce par să se simtă atât de rău azi?
-Știi de ce? îi răspunse studentul. Florile au dansat toată noaptea, iar acum sunt obosite și stau așa, cu capul atârnând.
-Dar florile nu pot să danseze! sări Ida.
-Ba pot! îi răspunse studentul. Atunci când toată lumea doarme, iar afară este întuneric, florile se trezesc și țopăie fericite peste tot și dansează pentru un timp ce pare o eternitate."
August 9, 2023
I have arranged my takeaway thoughts on this short story into a haiku, as best I could:
"Like seeds put to soil,
Oddball stories take root in
The dreams of children."
"Like seeds put to soil,
Oddball stories take root in
The dreams of children."
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January 18, 2025not my favourite
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June 17, 2009This month's library feature is Denmark, so I thought I would read a little of Hans Christian Andersen. I was not familiar with this story of cut flowers that droop at the end of the day because they have been dancing the night before at a ball at the king's castle. Several different flowers are named and delicately illustrated.
May 14, 2017
Did you know flowers came to life when we sleep? Did you know they have balls and dance?
This story is amazing, your imagination will work hard while reading!
This story is amazing, your imagination will work hard while reading!
August 17, 2017
One of my favourite fairy tales of Andersen!
January 11, 2018
This story is wonderful and full with beauty. I loved the whole idea of dancing flowers in the moonlight. I highly recommend this little gem.
January 26, 2018
can't find the Danish edition in good reads. read it in Danish...& went on a happy cozy fantasy trip full of flowers & innocence ❤
November 5, 2018
This is one of my favourite tales.
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August 15, 2021I don't understand why this one is not more popular. Sure, it doesn't have a gripping, dramatic plot, but what's wrong with a story that simply celebrates beauty and magic, as this one does? What could be more enchanting than watching a flower ball in the moonlight? Besides, there is tension in the councilor's disapproval of the student's fancies and in the doll Sophy feeling left out of the dance. The story contains the additional theme of mortality--flowers have such a short lifetime, which makes them a little tragic, and yet the flowers in this story say if Ida buries them they will wake up again in the spring, hinting, perhaps, at the resurrection of Andersen's Christian faith. So, definitely not an empty, shallow story to me.
It is one of my top favorites, and I find a lot more value in it than some more popular ones such as The Princess and the Pea.
It is one of my top favorites, and I find a lot more value in it than some more popular ones such as The Princess and the Pea.
July 12, 2024
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This one was really not for me. Maybe reading children stories as an adult isn’t the best thing to do for some people.
I personally found this story to be very boring and uninteresting. I really had hard time reading it because I just couldn’t get into the story.
The story is pretty quick read, but that’s the only good thing about this story for me personally.
The writing style in this one was very generic which every fairytale has.
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This one was really not for me. Maybe reading children stories as an adult isn’t the best thing to do for some people.
I personally found this story to be very boring and uninteresting. I really had hard time reading it because I just couldn’t get into the story.
The story is pretty quick read, but that’s the only good thing about this story for me personally.
The writing style in this one was very generic which every fairytale has.
February 3, 2022
Moving along with the Andersen read-alouds with two short ones about flowers. Andersen's earliest stories were criticized at the time for their conversational tone and lack of moral. I like that he can insert a sense of whimsy into stories about the absolutely ordinary but that alone only goes so far.
February 18, 2019
Not a book that I personally enjoyed. However it's definitely something that I would read to a small child. Probably a girl as it has a flowers/doll coming to life theme. Very imaginative and creative story.
March 14, 2019
A menta da criança é algo fértil e incrível , pois ela pode enxergar algo que os adultos já não podem mais , ou não querem mais enxergar .
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Só queria completar dizendo que esse conto é um prelúdio a Toy Story !
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Só queria completar dizendo que esse conto é um prelúdio a Toy Story !
January 7, 2020
This one was a bit of a miss for me, and not at all one I enjoyed I’m afraid. Seemed just too childish and fantastical and just... ridiculous... for my taste. And there wasn’t really a message or hidden layer to it (or at least... not one I could see? 8’D)
Just... not for me.
Just... not for me.
December 22, 2023
This one is a cute story. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of it before as it reminds me of several stories combined; nutcracker, toy story, the 12 dancing princesses. I could see this being reimagined into a movie like Thumbelina or The Little Mermaid.
September 2, 2018
4.5 out of 5
December 30, 2018
Drags a bit at first but by the end you'll like it.
April 21, 2022
I was expecting a traumatic ending, but quite normal, just an entertaining tale
July 13, 2022
Such a silly story. Perfect for bedtime
February 12, 2023
Muy correcta. Se trata de una historia sobre las flores que puede dejar volar la imaginación de nuestros hijos
March 26, 2023
So adorable.
*Note: not the edition I read. The coming HCA tales I will add on this site are not true to the edition I am physically reading, for the collection is not verified on goodreads.
*Note: not the edition I read. The coming HCA tales I will add on this site are not true to the edition I am physically reading, for the collection is not verified on goodreads.
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September 30, 2023why were the flowers kissing each other all the time tho .__.
May 1, 2025
If I didn’t already know Hans was a little fruity, this story would have told me everything I need to know. The way this man brings flowers to life is adorable as hell.
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