{"product_id":"2940013484368","title":"American Fairy Tales","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE BOX OF ROBBERS\u003cbr\u003e  THE GLASS DOG\u003cbr\u003e  THE QUEEN OF QUOK\u003cbr\u003e  THE GIRL WHO OWNED A BEAR\u003cbr\u003e  THE ENCHANTED TYPES\u003cbr\u003e  THE LAUGHING HIPPOPOTAMUS\u003cbr\u003e  THE MAGIC BON BONS\u003cbr\u003e  THE CAPTURE OF FATHER TIME\u003cbr\u003e  THE WONDERFUL PUMP\u003cbr\u003e  THE DUMMY THAT LIVED\u003cbr\u003e  THE KING OF THE POLAR BEARS\u003cbr\u003e  THE MANDARIN AND THE BUTTERFLY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOX OF ROBBERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one intended to leave Martha alone that afternoon, but it\u003cbr\u003ehappened that everyone was called away, for one reason or another.\u003cbr\u003eMrs. McFarland was attending the weekly card party held by the\u003cbr\u003eWomen's Anti-Gambling League. Sister Nell's young man had called\u003cbr\u003equite unexpectedly to take her for a long drive. Papa was at the\u003cbr\u003eoffice, as usual. It was Mary Ann's day out. As for Emeline, she\u003cbr\u003ecertainly should have stayed in the house and looked after the\u003cbr\u003elittle girl; but Emeline had a restless nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Would you mind, miss, if I just crossed the alley to speak a word\u003cbr\u003eto Mrs. Carleton's girl?\" she asked Martha.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'Course not,\" replied the child. \"You'd better lock the back door,\u003cbr\u003ethough, and take the key, for I shall be upstairs.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, I'll do that, of course, miss,\" said the delighted maid, and\u003cbr\u003eran away to spend the afternoon with her friend, leaving Martha\u003cbr\u003equite alone in the big house, and locked in, into the bargain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe little girl read a few pages in her new book, sewed a few\u003cbr\u003estitches in her embroidery and started to \"play visiting\" with her\u003cbr\u003efour favorite dolls. Then she remembered that in the attic was a\u003cbr\u003edoll's playhouse that hadn't been used for months, so she decided\u003cbr\u003eshe would dust it and put it in order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with this idea, the girl climbed the winding stairs to the\u003cbr\u003ebig room under the roof. It was well lighted by three dormer windows\u003cbr\u003eand was warm and pleasant. Around the walls were rows of boxes and\u003cbr\u003etrunks, piles of old carpeting, pieces of damaged furniture, bundles\u003cbr\u003eof discarded clothing and other odds and ends of more or less value.\u003cbr\u003eEvery well-regulated house has an attic of this sort, so I need not\u003cbr\u003edescribe it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe doll's house had been moved, but after a search Martha found it\u003cbr\u003eaway over in a corner near the big chimney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe drew it out and noticed that behind it was a black wooden chest\u003cbr\u003ewhich Uncle Walter had sent over from Italy years and years\u003cbr\u003eago--before Martha was born, in fact. Mamma had told her about it\u003cbr\u003eone day; how there was no key to it, because Uncle Walter wished it\u003cbr\u003eto remain unopened until he returned home; and how this wandering\u003cbr\u003euncle, who was a mighty hunter, had gone into Africa to hunt\u003cbr\u003eelephants and had never been heard from afterwards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe little girl looked at the chest curiously, now that it had by\u003cbr\u003eaccident attracted her attention.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145649996016,"sku":"2940013484368","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013484368_p0.jpg?v=1763582087","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013484368","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}