{"product_id":"pictures-of-sweden-von-h-c-andersen","title":"Pictures of Sweden","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a delightful spring: the birds warble, but you do not understand their song? Well, hear it in a free translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Get on my back,\" says the stork, our green island's sacred bird, \"and I will carry thee over the Sound. Sweden also has fresh and fragrant beech woods, green meadows and corn-fields. In Scania, with the flowering apple-trees behind the peasant's house, you will think that you are still in Denmark.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fly with me,\" says the swallow; \"I fly over Holland's mountain ridge, where the beech-trees cease to grow; I fly further towards the north than the stork. You shall see the vegetable mould pass over into rocky ground; see snug, neat towns, old churches and mansions, where all is good and comfortable, where the family stand in a circle around the table and say grace at meals, where the least of the children says a prayer, and, morning and evening, sings a psalm. I have heard it, I have seen it, when little, from my nest under the eaves.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Come with me! come with me!\" screams the restless sea-gull, and flies in an expecting circle. \"Come with me to the Skjärgaards, where rocky isles by thousands, with fir and pine, lie like flower-beds along the coast; where the fishermen draw the well-filled nets!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rest thee between our extended wings,\" sing the wild swans. \"Let us bear thee up to the great lakes, the perpetually roaring elvs (rivers), that rush on with arrowy swiftness; where the oak forest has long ceased, and the birch-tree becomes stunted. Rest thee between our extended wings: we fly up to Sulitelma, the island's eye, as the mountain is called; we fly from the vernal green valley, up over the snow-drifts, to the mountain's top, whence thou canst see the North Sea, on yonder side of Norway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041984923\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Journey Through Sweden's Landscapes and Legends\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041984923","offer_id":48305980506437,"sku":"9791041984923","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/131fc10f-8812-4c4d-91d6-f4db45759146.jpg?v=1768460107","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/pictures-of-sweden-von-h-c-andersen","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}