TAPER TOM

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen was a Norwegian writer and scholar. He and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe were collectors of Norwegian folklore. They were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale collections are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe".

 

TAPER TOM  is a famous tale by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. This short story is about a king, who has a beautiful  daughter. There is no a person who does not know about her beauty! Nevertheless, she is cheerless and sad.. She could never laugh and smile!

The king is tired of this, and decides to find a man who could get his daughter to laugh!