Explore "The Ice-Maiden" by Hans Christian Andersen on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
"Here is what you demanded! " said Rudy, on entering the house of the miller at Bex, as he placed a large basket on the floor and took off the covering. Two yellow eyes, with black circles around them, fiery and wild, looked out as if they wished to set on fire, or to kill those around them. The short beak yawned ready to bite and the neck was red and downy.
"The eaglet! " cried the miller. Babette screamed, jumped to one side and could neither turn her eyes from Rudy, nor from the eaglet.