"The Tinderbox" was the subject of the first Danish animated film, released in 1946. There are also several similarities between "The Tinderbox" and the stories "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" from The Thousand and One Nights, a work with which Andersen had been familiar since childhood. Similar stories are to be found in European and North American folklore.
The soldier finds that he does not have to worry about money again and also gets to see the princess, kept locked away from view by the king who is afraid that she will marry a common soldier. He later discovers that the tinderbox has the power to make all his wishes come true. When the witch refuses to tell him why she wants the tinderbox, the soldier keeps it for himself. The witch tells him that he can bring back as much money as he can carry and keep that for himself but he must give her an old tinderbox which he will also find down there. The main character in the story, a soldier, is sent by a witch to visit an underground treasure trove. It was published again in 1837, in the first volume of Andersen's Fairy Tales Told to Children, which also contained " The Little Mermaid", " The Emperor's New Clothes" and " Thumbelina". It was first published on May 8, 1835, in an inexpensive booklet without a cover which also contained " The Princess and the Pea", " Little Claus and Big Claus" and " Little Ida's Flowers".
"The Tinderbox" (Danish: "Fyrtøiet") is a short fantasy story for children by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. Illustration by Bertail for an 1876 French translation of The Tinderbox.
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