Then an old, old woman came out of the house; she was leaning on a big, hooked stick, and she wore a big sunhat, which was covered with beautiful painted flowers. Illustration by Edmund Dulac for The Snow Queen.

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Then an old, old woman came out of the house; she was leaning on a big, hooked stick, and she wore a big sunhat, which was covered with beautiful painted flowers. Illustration by Edmund Dulac for The Snow Queen. From Stories from Hans Andersen, published 1938.

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