The original fairytale 'Little Claus and Big Claus' was included in Tales for Children', Hans Christian Andersen's first publication of fairy tales in 1835. Big Claus is rich, Little Claus is poor, they both live in the same village. When Little Claus makes the mistake of prolcaiming that ll the horses he works are his, Big Claus gets angry and kills Little Claus' only horse. Dismayed, Little Claus heads to market to sell the horse hide, but here his adverntures take the first of many strange turns.

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