Andersen's fairy tales

I mean to be somebody, and do something useful in the world, said the eldest of five brothers. I don't care how humble my position is, so that I can only do some good, which will be something. I intend to be a brickmaker; bricks are always wanted, and I shall be really doing something. Your 'something' is not enough for me, said the second brother; what you talk of doing is nothing at all, it is journeyman's work, or might even be done by a machine. No! I should prefer to be ...