{"product_id":"2940013157750","title":"A Kidnapped Santa Claus","description":"Santa Claus lives in the Laughing Valley, where stands the big,\u003cbr\u003erambling castle in which his toys are manufactured.  His workmen,\u003cbr\u003eselected from the ryls, knooks, pixies and fairies, live with him, and\u003cbr\u003eevery one is as busy as can be from one year's end to another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is called the Laughing Valley because everything there is happy\u003cbr\u003eand gay.  The brook chuckles to itself as it leaps rollicking between\u003cbr\u003eits green banks; the wind whistles merrily in the trees; the sunbeams\u003cbr\u003edance lightly over the soft grass, and the violets and wild flowers\u003cbr\u003elook smilingly up from their green nests.  To laugh one needs to be\u003cbr\u003ehappy; to be happy one needs to be content.  And throughout the\u003cbr\u003eLaughing Valley of Santa Claus contentment reigns supreme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn one side is the mighty Forest of Burzee.  At the other side stands\u003cbr\u003ethe huge mountain that contains the Caves of the Daemons.  And between\u003cbr\u003ethem the Valley lies smiling and peaceful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne would thing that our good old Santa Claus, who devotes his days to\u003cbr\u003emaking children happy, would have no enemies on all the earth; and, as\u003cbr\u003ea matter of fact, for a long period of time he encountered nothing but\u003cbr\u003elove wherever he might go.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the Daemons who live in the mountain caves grew to hate Santa Claus\u003cbr\u003every much, and all for the simple reason that he made children happy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Caves of the Daemons are five in number.  A broad pathway leads\u003cbr\u003eup to the first cave, which is a finely arched cavern at the foot of\u003cbr\u003ethe mountain, the entrance being beautifully carved and decorated.  In\u003cbr\u003eit resides the Daemon of Selfishness.  Back of this is another cavern\u003cbr\u003einhabited by the Daemon of Envy.  The cave of the Daemon of Hatred is\u003cbr\u003enext in order, and through this one passes to the home of the Daemon\u003cbr\u003eof Malice--situated in a dark and fearful cave in the very heart of\u003cbr\u003ethe mountain.  I do not know what lies beyond this.  Some say there\u003cbr\u003eare terrible pitfalls leading to death and destruction, and this may\u003cbr\u003every well be true.  However, from each one of the four caves mentioned\u003cbr\u003ethere is a small, narrow tunnel leading to the fifth cave--a cozy\u003cbr\u003elittle room occupied by the Daemon of Repentance.  And as the rocky\u003cbr\u003efloors of these passages are well worn by the track of passing feet, I\u003cbr\u003ejudge that many wanderers in the Caves of the Daemons have escaped\u003cbr\u003ethrough the tunnels to the abode of the Daemon of Repentance, who is\u003cbr\u003esaid to be a pleasant sort of fellow who gladly opens for one a little\u003cbr\u003edoor admitting you into fresh air and sunshine again.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147461738736,"sku":"2940013157750","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013157750_p0.jpg?v=1763577559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013157750","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}