The Teapot
"The Teapot" (Danish: Theepotten) is a literary fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a teapot and her adventures. The tale was first published 1863 and demonstrates the Andersen's talent for investing ordinary household objects with life, character, and personality.
Plot summary
A porcelain teapot rules the tea table. She is very proud of her handle and spout, but not quite so proud of her lid (which is cracked). She is very proud of holding the tea leaves and of being the one to pour forth her contents for thirsty humankind. One day, the teapot is dropped and the handle and spout are broken. She is given to a beggar woman who fills her with soil and plants a flowering bulb within her. The teapot then feels a happiness she has never known. At the last, the teapot is broken in two, the bulb removed to a bigger pot, and the teapot thrown away. She cherishes her memories.
Publication history
The tale was first published December 1863 in Folkekalender for Danmark. The work was republished 12 December 1871 in the fourth volume of Fairy Tales and Stories. 1871.
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The Doubt
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The load of past days
Waiting trailing
Much too many ways
Hiding providing
The next you had to brave
Fading and hating
The robe the past you gave
Come leave the sea
Of burden you trail
Come leave the sea
And raise from the vale
Come leave the sea
And stand upright
To see your sea
From a distant sight
Despising arising
The fate would like to turn
Blessing confessing
The safe you prefer
Wounded and bounded
There's still the hope to flee
The craving for changing
Is yielded by apathy
Every trial
Remain a scar
Of hate and sorrow
On your memories
Like million nails stung
The past in your vein
And then you start