Fanciful tales by Frank R. Stockton

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Author Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902
Author of introduction, etc. Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1850-1918
Editor Langworthy, Julia Elizabeth
Title Fanciful tales
Original Publication United States: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922.
Contents Old Pipes and the Dryad -- The Bee-Man of Orn -- The clocks of Rondaine -- The Griffin and the Minor Canon -- The Christmas truants.
Credits Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Summary "Fanciful Tales" by Frank R. Stockton is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The collection includes whimsical tales aimed primarily at children, featuring enchanting characters and moral lessons. Among the stories are adventures involving an old man named Old Pipes who converses with a Dryad, and a young girl named Arla who contemplates the accuracy of the clocks in her town. The opening of this collection introduces "Old Pipes and the Dryad," where we meet Old Pipes, a once-vibrant piper who has grown old and forgetful, now unable to summon the cattle from the mountains with his music. Despite his deteriorating abilities, the townspeople continue to pay him as they send children to retrieve the livestock instead. After a chance encounter with a Dryad, who emerges from a tree after Old Pipes unwittingly frees her, he learns that the cattle can no longer hear him. Driven by integrity, he resolves to return his wages, believing he no longer deserves them. However, through the kindness of the Dryad, who restores his vitality, Old Pipes finds a renewed joy in his music, culminating in unexpected consequences for both him and the enchanting Dryad. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Fairy tales
Subject Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Children's stories, American
Subject Readers (Elementary)
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EBook-No. 71032
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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