The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball
"The Sweethearts; or , The Top and the Ball" ( Danish: "Kjærestefolkene [ Toppen og bolden ] " ) is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about the unrequited love a mahogany spinning top suffers for a leather ball . 
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