文档介绍：FAIRYTALESOFHANSCHRISTIANANDERSEN                              ACHEERFULTEMPER                          byHansChristianAndersen    FROMmyfatherIreceivedthebestinheritance,namelya"goodtemper.""Andwhowasmyfather?"Thathasnothingtodowiththegoodtemper;butIwillsayhewaslively,good-lookinground,andfat;pletecontradictiontohisprofession."Andpraywhatwashisprofessionandhisstandinginrespectablesociety?"Well,perhaps,ifinthebeginningofabookthesewerewrittenandprinted,many,whentheyreadit,wouldlaythebookdownandsay,"Itseemstomeaverymiserabletitle,Idon'tlikethingsofthissort."Andyetmyfatherwasnotaskin-dressernoranexecutioner;onthecontrary,hisemploymentplacedhimattheheadofthegrandestpeopleofthetown,,andeventheprincesoftheblood;healwayswentfirst,-hewasahearsedriver!There,now,,thatwhenpeoplesawmyfatherperchedupinfrontoftheomnibusofdeath,dressedinhislong,wide,blackcloak,andhisblack-edged,three-corneredhatonhishead,andthenglancedathisround,jocundface,roundasthesun,,"Itisnothing,itwillallendbetterthanpeoplethink."SoIhaveinheritedfromhim,notonlymygoodtemper,butahabitofgoingoftentothechurchyard,whichisgood,whendoneinaproperhumor;andthenalsoItakeintheIntelligencer,justasheusedtodo.    Iamnotveryyoung,Ihaveneitherwifenorchildren,noralibrary,but,asIsaid,IreadtheIntelligencer,whichisenoughforme;itistomeadelightfulpaper,,foritcontainsallthatamanrequirestoknow;thenamesofthepreachersatthechurch,andthenewbookswhicharepublished;wherehouses,servants,clothes,,andwhatinnocentverses!Personsseekinginterviewsandengagements,,amanwhotakesintheIntelligencermaylivemerrilyandbeburiedcontentedly,andbytheendofhislifewillhavesuchacapitalstockofpaperthathecanlieonasoftbedofit,unlesshepreferswoodshavingsforhisresting-