He may remark that Andersen wants to âpoint a moral,â as well as to âadorn a tale; â that he is trying to make fun of the follies of mankind, as they exist in civilised countries. The Danish story of âThe Princess in the Chestâ need not be read to a very nervous child, as it rather borders on a ghost story. It has been altered, and is really much more horrid in the language of the Danes, who, as history tells us, were not a nervous or timid people. I am quite sure that this story is not true. The other Danish and Swedish stories are not alarming