At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she rec…

Hans Christian Andersen
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At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man. ✨ Hans Christian Andersen (2016). Best Fairy Tales, p.41, Pan Macmillan
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At first she was overjoyed that he would be with her, but then she recalled that human people could not live under the water, and he could only visit her father's palace as a dead man. ✨ Hans Christian Andersen (2016). Best Fairy Tales, p.41, Pan Macmillan

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