--- title: Little Ida's Flowers — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · full text with trees · page 2 description: Little Ida's Flowers, «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: "My poor flowers are quite dead," said little Ida, "they were so pretty yesterday evening, and now all the leaves are hanging down q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / Little Ida's Flowers # Little Ida's Flowers · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/) **2** - [101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/101/) — Then at last the other flowers interceded for him, especially those who had lain in the doll's bed, and the carnival rod gave up his dancing. - [102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/102/) — At the same moment a loud knocking was heard in the drawer, where Ida's doll Sophy lay with many other toys. - [103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/103/) — Then the rough doll ran to the end of the table, laid himself flat down upon it, and began to pull the drawer out a little way. - [104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/104/) — Then Sophy raised himself, and looked round quite astonished, "There must be a ball here to-night," said Sophy. " - [105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/105/) — Why did not somebody tell me?" - [106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/106/) — "Will you dance with me?" said the rough doll. - [107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/107/) — "You are the right sort to dance with, certainly," said she, turning her back upon him. - [108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/108/) — Then she seated herself on the edge of the drawer, and thought that perhaps one of the flowers would ask her to dance; but none of them came. - [109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/109/) — Then she coughed, "Hem, hem, a-hem;" but for all that not one came. - [110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/110/) — The shabby doll now danced quite alone, and not very badly, after all. - [111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/111/) — As none of the flowers seemed to notice Sophy, she let herself down from the drawer to the floor, so as to make a very great noise. - [112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/112/) — All the flowers came round her directly, and asked if she had hurt herself, especially those who had lain in her bed. - [113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/113/) — But she was not hurt at all, and Ida's flowers thanked her for the use of the nice bed, and were very kind to her. - [114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/114/) — They led her into the middle of the room, where the moon shone, and danced with her, while all the other flowers formed a circle round them. - [115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/115/) — Then Sophy was very happy, and said they might keep her bed; she did not mind lying in the drawer at all. - [116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/116/) — But the flowers thanked her very much, and said,-- - [117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/117/) — "We cannot live long. - [118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/118/) — To-morrow morning we shall be quite dead; and you must tell little Ida to bury us in the garden, near to the grave of the canary; then, in the summer we shall wake up and be more beautiful than ever." - [119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/119/) — "No, you must not die," said Sophy, as she kissed the flowers. - [120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/120/) — Then the door of the room opened, and a number of beautiful flowers danced in. - [121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/121/) — Ida could not imagine where they could come from, unless they were the flowers from the king's garden. - [122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/122/) — First came two lovely roses, with little golden crowns on their heads; these were the king and queen. - [123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/123/) — Beautiful stocks and carnations followed, bowing to every one present. - [124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/124/) — They had also music with them. - [125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/125/) — Large poppies and peonies had pea-shells for instruments, and blew into them till they were quite red in the face. - [126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/126/) — The bunches of blue hyacinths and the little white snowdrops jingled their bell-like flowers, as if they were real bells. - [127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/127/) — Then came many more flowers: blue violets, purple heart's-ease, daisies, and lilies of the valley, and they all danced together, and kissed each other. - [128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/128/) — It was very beautiful to behold. - [129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/129/) — At last the flowers wished each other good-night. - [130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/130/) — Then little Ida crept back into her bed again, and dreamt of all she had seen. - [131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/131/) — When she arose the next morning, she went quickly to the little table, to see if the flowers were still there. - [132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/132/) — She drew aside the curtains of the little bed. - [133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/133/) — There they all lay, but quite faded; much more so than the day before. - [134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/134/) — Sophy was lying in the drawer where Ida had placed her; but she looked very sleepy. — checked by a teacher - [135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/135/) — "Do you remember what the flowers told you to say to me?" said little Ida. — checked by a teacher - [136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/136/) — But Sophy looked quite stupid, and said not a single word. - [137](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/137/) — "You are not kind at all," said Ida; "and yet they all danced with you." - [138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/138/) — Then she took a little paper box, on which were painted beautiful birds, and laid the dead flowers in it. - [139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/139/) — "This shall be your pretty coffin," she said; "and by and by, when my cousins come to visit me, they shall help me to bury you out in the garden; so that next summer you may grow up again more beautiful than ever." - [140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/140/) — Her cousins were two good-tempered boys, whose names were James and Adolphus. - [141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/141/) — Their father had given them each a bow and arrow, and they had brought them to show Ida. - [142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/142/) — She told them about the poor flowers which were dead; and as soon as they obtained permission, they went with her to bury them. - [143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/143/) — The two boys walked first, with their crossbows on their shoulders, and little Ida followed, carrying the pretty box containing the dead flowers. - [144](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/144/) — They dug a little grave in the garden. - [145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/145/) — Ida kissed her flowers and then laid them, with the box, in the earth. - [146](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/146/) — James and Adolphus then fired their crossbows over the grave, as they had neither guns nor cannons. — checked by a teacher [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/73/) **2** - ← previous: [The Little Elder-tree Mother](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/72/) - next →: [The Little Match-seller](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/74/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/)