Andersen's fairy tales

Where did we get this story? would you like to know? We got it from the basket that the wastepaper is thrown into. Many a good and rare book has been taken to the delicatessen store and the grocer's, not to be read, but to be used as wrapping paper for starch and coffee, beans, for salted herring, butter, and cheese. Used writing paper has also been found suitable. Frequently one throws into the wastepaper basket what ought not to go there. I know a grocer's assistant, the ...