Hver nøgle har sin historie og der er mange nøgler: kammerherrenøgle, urnøgle, Sankt Peters nøgle; vi kan fortælle om alle nøglerne, men nu fortæller vi kun om kammerrådens portnøgle.
Den var blevet til hos en klejnsmed, men den kunne godt tro at det var hos en grovsmed, således tog manden på den, hamrede og filede. Den var for stor for bukselomme, så måtte den i frakkelomme. Her lå den tit i mørke, men forresten havde den sin bestemte plads på væggen, ved siden af kammerrådens silhuet fra barndomstiden, der så han ud som en bolle med kalvekrøs.
Sådan starter HC Andersens eventyr, Portnøglen. Nu skal du finde eventyret frem og svare på nogle sprørgsmål:
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Every key has a history, and there are many kinds of keys - a chamberlain's key, a watch key, Saint Peter's key. We could tell you about all the keys; but now we will only tell about the councilor's gate key.
It had come into being at a locksmith's, but it might well have believed it had been made by a blacksmith, the way the man had worked on it with hammer and file. It was too large for one's trouser pocket, so it had to be put into the overcoat pocket. There it often lay in utter darkness; yet it had its own special hanging place on the wall, beside a childhood silhouette of the Councilor, in which he looked like a dumpling dressed in a frilled shirt.
This is how the fairy tale, The gate key, by HC Andersen begins. Now you have to find the fairy tale and answer some questions:
