A Norwegian Fairy Tale by P. C. Asbjornsen - Hans, Who Made the Princess Laugh

How will a seemingly simple man make a perpetually sad princess laugh when many others who were more clever failed?
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Round the Yule Log, Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, tr. by H.L. Braekstad
Author: Peter Christen Asbjornsen
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Published: 1881
Content Protection: This content is DRM free.
Animation:
Ghost in the Library (a.k.a. Aurora Alexandria)
Background:
Lunistia
Ko-fi/lunistia
LittleInky
Music:
Marimba Chill - Jimena Contreras (RUclips Audio Library)

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Do you think Hans' method of making the princess laugh was clever, or was it sheer luck that won him her hand in marriage?