Han Christian Anderson, author of many famous children's stories, was born on April 2, 1805, in Odense, Denmark. Anderson is responsible for stories such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Tin Soldier" and finally "Sweethearts". Many would say that his fairy tales were difficult to place into a concrete category, but they fit easily into the subgenres of fantasy. “Fictional stories with animate objects have main characters who are inanimate objects, such as dolls, toys, cars, or plants” (Eitelgeorge 38), Andersen's story “Sweet Hearts” falls into this category. During this story two toys meet; the top and the ball. The top girl develops a crush on the ball but she wasn't worthy of his love. The ball was a little cocky and considered himself too good to entertain the ball. At the end of the story the spinning top becomes more imaginative than the ball and when they reunite in a garbage can. The superior notices that the ball seems to have lost touch to the point of being unrecognizable. The top says to himself: “You wouldn't recognize her even if you met her in the garbage can” (Andersen, Nunnally, and Wullschläger 147). The top is saved from the garbage bin leaving the ball sad in its misery, but I believe that's not the end of the story. In fact, once a random raccoon knocked over the garbage can, the ball managed to escape. It is then collected by an avid ball collector who finds all of its vintage features beautiful and still sees it as a high value toy. The ball collector placed his new found treasure on his display stand containing a large amount of different balls. There he was able to start his life over again. Although the dance went through some rough patches at the end of "The Sweet... middle of paper" by Christian Anderson... and I accepted his proposal. Works CitedAndersen, HC, Tiina Nunnally, and Jackie Wullschläger. "The sweet hearts." Fairy tales. New York: Penguin Books, 2006. 145-47.Baumeister, Roy F., et al. “Does high self-esteem cause better performance, interpersonal success, happiness, or healthier lifestyles?” Psychological Science in the Public Interest (Wiley-Blackwell) 4.1 (2003): 1-44. Business origination completed. Network. March 29, 2014. Eitelgeorge, Janice S. and Nancy A. Anderson. “The Work of Hans Christian Andersen: More than Just Fairy Tales.” Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature (University Of Toronto Press) 42.3 (2004): 37-44. Library, science and information technology abstracts. Network. March 20, 2014. "Hans Christian Andersen." 2014. The Biography Channel website. April 1, 2014, 1:40 am http://www.biography.com/people/hans-christian-andersen-9184146.