{"id":4134,"date":"2026-06-29T11:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2026-07-23T16:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:46:29","slug":"the-flying-trunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/en\/the-flying-trunk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flying Trunk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns aligncenter stk-block-columns stk--hide-mobile stk-block stk-59e6772\" data-block-id=\"59e6772\"><style>.stk-59e6772 {margin-bottom:60px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-59e6772-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-cb794f1\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"cb794f1\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-cb794f1 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(60% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-cb794f1-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-cb794f1-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-300x451.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-600x901.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-5babe66\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"5babe66\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-5babe66 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(40% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-5babe66-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-5babe66-inner-blocks\">\n<div style=\"height:206px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-heading stk-block-heading stk-block-heading--v2 stk-block stk-0c6b81f\" id=\"strong-the-flying-trunk-strong\" data-block-id=\"0c6b81f\"><style>.stk-0c6b81f {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><h2 class=\"stk-block-heading__text\"><strong>The Flying Trunk<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cbc85039fc0d2e1435923edac6ba6aa7\" style=\"color:#888888\" data-block-type=\"core\">Hans Christian Andersen<br>1805 \u2014 1875<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c73955e87b2fcb4b27b46c58693a828\" style=\"color:#555555\" data-block-type=\"core\">Some horizons<br>wait for those who dare to fly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns aligncenter stk-block-columns stk--hide-desktop stk--hide-tablet stk-block stk-ef9041c\" data-block-id=\"ef9041c\"><style>.stk-ef9041c {margin-bottom:20px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-ef9041c-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-1a89ad3\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"1a89ad3\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-1a89ad3 {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(60% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-1a89ad3-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-1a89ad3-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-300x451.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1-600x901.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/\u5c01\u9762-1.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-806b06e\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"806b06e\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-806b06e {flex:var(--stk-flex-grow, 1) 1 calc(40% - var(--stk-column-gap, 0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important;}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-806b06e-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-806b06e-inner-blocks\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Flying Trunk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cbc85039fc0d2e1435923edac6ba6aa7\" style=\"color:#888888\" data-block-type=\"core\">Hans Christian Andersen<br>1805 \u2014 1875<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\" data-block-type=\"core\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c73955e87b2fcb4b27b46c58693a828\" style=\"color:#555555\" data-block-type=\"core\">Some horizons<br>wait for those who dare to fly.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-6068c42\" data-block-id=\"6068c42\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-6068c42-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-df14db1\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"df14db1\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-df14db1-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-df14db1-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-divider stk-block-divider stk-block stk-551f4ed\" data-block-id=\"551f4ed\"><style>.stk-551f4ed hr.stk-block-divider__hr{background:#e8e8e8 !important;width:7% !important;}.stk-551f4ed {margin-bottom:30px !important;}<\/style><hr class=\"stk-block-divider__hr\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">There was once a merchant so rich that he could have paved the whole street with gold and almost had enough for a little lane besides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But he did not do that, for he knew the value of money and would never waste it in such a way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He was a clever man, and every shilling he spent came back to him as a gold coin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">So he went on, acquiring wealth, until he died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">His son inherited all this money and lived very merrily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He went to masquerades every night, made kites out of five-pound notes, and threw pieces of gold into the sea instead of stones. In that sort of way money goes fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">At last he had nothing left but a pair of slippers, an old dressing-gown, and four pennies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">His friends all deserted him, for they could not walk with him in the streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But one friend, who was a kind fellow, sent him an old trunk with the message: \u201cPack up and be off!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cYes,\u201d he said, \u201cit is all very well to say pack up and be off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.2-\u82f1\u6587\u7248-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.2-\u82f1\u6587\u7248-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.2-\u82f1\u6587\u7248-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.2-\u82f1\u6587\u7248-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.2-\u82f1\u6587\u7248-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.2-\u82f1\u6587\u7248-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.2-\u82f1\u6587\u7248.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But he had nothing to pack, so he got into the trunk himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">It was a most remarkable trunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">As soon as you pressed the lock it could fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He shut the lid and pressed the lock, and away flew the trunk up the chimney and into the clouds, higher and higher, with the merchant\u2019s son inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Whenever the bottom of the trunk creaked he was terrified, for if the trunk fell to pieces he would have tumbled out, and that would not have been pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3-2.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But he got safely to Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He hid the trunk in the forest under some dry leaves and walked into the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He could do this quite well, for in Turkey everyone goes about in dressing-gown and slippers, just as he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He met a nurse carrying a little child. \u201cI say, Turkish nurse,\u201d he called out, \u201cwhat is that great castle near the town, with the windows so high up?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cThe king\u2019s daughter lives there,\u201d said the nurse. \u201cIt has been foretold that she will be made very unhappy by a lover, and so no one is allowed to visit her unless the king and queen are present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cThank you,\u201d said the merchant\u2019s son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He went back to the forest,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">got into the trunk,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">flew up to the roof of the castle,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">and crept through the window into the princess\u2019s room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1086\" height=\"1448\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She was lying asleep on the sofa, and she was so beautiful that the merchant\u2019s son could not help kissing her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She woke up and was very frightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But the merchant\u2019s son told her he was a Turkish angel who had come down through the air to visit her, and she was very pleased with that. They sat side by side, and he told her stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He told her that her eyes were like two beautiful dark lakes where thoughts swam about like mermaids, and he said her forehead was a snowy mountain with the most splendid halls and pictures inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">And he told her about the stork who brings the beautiful little children from the rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">All these were delightful stories. Then he asked the princess to marry him, and she said yes at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cBut you must come on Saturday,\u201d said the princess, \u201cfor the king and queen are coming to tea with me then. They will be very proud that I am going to marry a Turkish angel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But you must have a very fine story ready, for my parents are very fond of stories. My mother likes them to be moral and high-toned, and my father likes them to be merry and something to laugh at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cVery well,\u201d he replied, \u201cI shall bring no other wedding gift but a story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">So they parted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But the princess gave him a sword studded with gold coins, which he found very useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He flew away to town, bought a new dressing-gown, and then went back to the forest to make up his story. It was not easy, and he had to work hard to get it ready by Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">By Saturday, however, the story was finished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The king and queen and all the court were at tea with the princess. He was received with great ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cWill you tell us a story?\u201d said the queen. \u201cOne that is deep and instructive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cYes, but something to laugh at too,\u201d said the king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cCertainly,\u201d said the merchant\u2019s son, and he began his story. Now listen carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cThere was once a bundle of matches who were exceedingly proud of their high birth. Their family tree, that is to say the great pine tree from which they had been cut, had been a great old tree in the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The matches now lay between a tinder-box and an old iron pot, and they told the story of their youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u2018Ah, those were the days!\u2019 they said. \u2018We grew on the green boughs, as green as they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Every morning and evening we drank diamond dew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">When the sun shone, we felt its warmth, and the little birds told us stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">We were rich too. The other trees only dressed in green in summer, but our family wore green all the year round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But then the woodcutters came. It was like a great revolution. Our family was felled to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The head of the family was given a place as mainmast in a fine ship and sailed round the world as much as he pleased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The other branches were sent to different places, and our task now is to kindle light for common people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">That is how people of quality come to be in a kitchen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018My history is quite different,\u2019 said the iron pot next to the matches. \u2018From the very first moment I came into the world I have been used to cooking and scrubbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">I am the first in the house for anything solid and useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">My only pleasure is to be well scoured after dinner and to stand in my place and have a sensible conversation with my neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Except for the water bucket, which is sometimes carried into the yard, we all live here together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">We get our news from the shopping basket, who tells us things about the people and the government that are very disturbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Yes, one day an old pot was so upset by what it heard that it fell down and smashed to pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">I can tell you, that pot was a liberal.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018You talk too much,\u2019 said the tinder-box, and the steel struck the flint so that sparks flew. \u2018Can we not have a merry evening?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018Yes, let us talk about those who are of the highest birth,\u2019 said the matches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018No, I don\u2019t like talking about myself all the time,\u2019 said the iron pot. \u2018Let us think of some amusement for the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">I will begin. I will tell of something that everyone has experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">That is easy and interesting. On the shores of the Baltic Sea, near the coast of Denmark \u2014\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018What a beautiful beginning!\u2019 said all the plates. \u2018We are sure to like this story.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018Yes. When I was young I lived in a quiet family where the furniture was polished, the floors scrubbed, and clean curtains put up every fortnight.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018How interesting the way you tell a story,\u2019 said the broom. \u2018One can tell immediately you have been a great deal among women. There is something so pure about it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018That is true,\u2019 said the water bucket, and gave a little jump of delight, splashing some water on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cThe plates rattled with pleasure, and the broom took some green parsley from the dustbin and crowned the iron pot, knowing that it would annoy the others. \u2018If I crown him today,\u2019 it thought, \u2018he will crown me tomorrow.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018Now let us dance,\u2019 said the tongs, and began to dance. My goodness, how he kicked one leg in the air! The old cushion in the corner burst out laughing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018May I have a wreath too?\u2019 asked the tongs, and a wreath was given.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018After all, they are only common folk,\u2019 thought the matches. The tea urn was now asked to sing, but she said she had a cold and could not sing without steam. She was really too proud to sing in the kitchen and would only perform in the drawing room when great people were present.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cAn old quill pen sat on the window ledge, the kind the maidservant used for writing. There was nothing remarkable about it except that it had been dipped too deep in the ink, but it was very proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018If the tea urn will not sing,\u2019 said the pen, \u2018let her alone. There is a nightingale in the cage outside who can sing. She has not had much education, but we need not talk about that this evening.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018I think it is most unsuitable,\u2019 said the kettle, who was the kitchen singer and half-brother to the tea urn, \u2018to listen to a foreign bird. Is it patriotic? Let the shopping basket decide.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018I am really very annoyed,\u2019 said the basket. \u2018More annoyed than any of you can imagine. Is this really how we are spending the evening? Would it not be much better to put the house in order? Let everyone stay in their own place and I will take charge of the whole affair.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018Let us act a play!\u2019 they all said. At that moment the maidservant came in. They all fell silent and kept perfectly still. Yet there was not a single pot among them who did not think what he could do and how distinguished he was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018Yes, if we had wanted to,\u2019 they each thought, \u2018we could have had a very merry evening indeed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cThe maidservant took the matches and struck them. Heavens, how they spluttered and blazed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201c\u2018Now everyone can see that we come first,\u2019 thought the matches. \u2018How we blaze! How bright we are!\u2019 But before the thought was finished, they were out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cWhat a delightful story!\u201d said the queen. \u201cI feel as if I were really in the kitchen. Yes, you shall have our daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cCertainly,\u201d said the king. \u201cYou shall have our daughter.\u201d The king said \u201cyou\u201d to the merchant\u2019s son, for he was now to be one of the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6-2.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The wedding day was fixed, and the whole town was lit up the evening before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Cakes and buns were thrown among the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The boys in the street stood on tiptoe shouting \u201cHurrah!\u201d and whistling through their fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">It was all very splendid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cI must do something to make them happy too,\u201d said the merchant\u2019s son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">So he bought rockets and crackers and every sort of firework he could think of, packed them all in his trunk, and flew up into the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Up they went, swishing and whizzing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">bang! bang!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7-2-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7-2.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The Turks, seeing such a sight in the sky,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">jumped so high that their slippers flew about their ears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">After that it was easy to believe that a Turkish angel was going to marry the princess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">As soon as the merchant\u2019s son came down in his trunk into the forest again, he thought: \u201cI will go back to town and hear what people are saying about me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">It was very natural that he should want to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">And what strange things people were saying!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Everyone he asked had a different story to tell, but they all agreed it had been a magnificent sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cI saw the Turkish angel himself,\u201d said one man. \u201cHis eyes were like shining stars and his head was like foaming water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">\u201cHe flew in a coat of fire,\u201d said another, \u201cand the most beautiful little cherubs were peeping from under the folds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">He heard many fine things about himself, and that the next day was to be his wedding day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">Then he went back to the forest to get into his trunk again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">But where was the trunk? It was burned. A spark from the fireworks had set it alight and it was in ashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">The merchant\u2019s son could fly no more and could never reach his bride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" data-block-type=\"core\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ever-book.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8-1.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">She stood on the roof of the castle all day waiting for him, and she is waiting there still, most likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">And the merchant\u2019s son wandered about the world telling stories, but they were never again as good as the one he had told about the matches.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-453c6fc\" data-block-id=\"453c6fc\"><style>.stk-453c6fc {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-453c6fc-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-b25077a\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"b25077a\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-b25077a-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-b25077a-inner-blocks\">\n<div style=\"height:280px\" 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