| What did Sniffy pine away for? | moorland | tumbledown | canal The Panama Canal |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Hans Christian Andersen's Grave | The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen | Statue of Hans Christian Andersen |
| Denmark's Flag | A scene from Copenhagen, Denmark | Frederiksborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark | A windmill in Denmark |
| A scene from Copenhagen, Denmark | The War of 1812 between Great Britain and the U. S. | Noah Webster publishes his Dictionary (1806) | The Luddites destroy machinery (1811-1816) |
| Napolean attempts to conquer Europe (1796-1815) | Napolean defeated at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) | Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac proves water is made of hydrogen and oxygen (1805) | Andersen's birthplace in Odense, Denmark |
| astonishingly: wonder and amazement | rime: ice that forms on trees, shrubs or the surface of things | prominence: very noticeable or conspicuous | predecessor: something or someone that comes before something or someone else |