The Story of a Mother - Story Time, Episode 79 (Unabridged)

Written by Hans Christian Andersen

Narrated by Robin Nixon

"The Story of a Mother" (Danish: Historien om en moder) is a story by the Danish poet, travel writer, short story writer, and novelist Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). The tale was first published December 1847. The story has been made into films several times, and also adapted into an animated film using the stop-motion puppet technique.
A mother has not slept for three days and nights watching over her sick child. When she closes her eyes for just a moment, Death comes and takes her child. The mother rushes into the street and asks a woman, who is Night, which way Death went. Night tells her to go into the forest, but first the mother must sing every lullaby that she has ever sung for her child. In the forest, a thorn bush tells her which way to continue, but only after she has warmed the bush by pressing it to her chest, causing her to bleed. The mother then reaches a lake that carries her across in exchange for her eyes, which she cries out...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bookstream Audiobooks
• Release date: Nov 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9783991345732

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) ist ein dänischer Dichter, der sich zuvor als Schauspieler und Sänger versuchte, aber mit seinen zahlreichen Märchen weltberühmt wurde.