{"product_id":"2940013635265","title":"THE VIOLET FAIRY BOOK","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     A Tale of the Tontlawald\u003cbr\u003e     The finest Liar in the World\u003cbr\u003e     The Story of three Wonderful Beggars\u003cbr\u003e     Schippeitaro\u003cbr\u003e     The Three Princes and their Beasts\u003cbr\u003e     The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan\u003cbr\u003e     The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples\u003cbr\u003e     The Lute Player\u003cbr\u003e     The Grateful Prince\u003cbr\u003e     The Child who came from an Egg\u003cbr\u003e     Stan Bolovan\u003cbr\u003e     The Two Frogs\u003cbr\u003e     The Story of a Gazelle\u003cbr\u003e     How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water\u003cbr\u003e     Two in a Sack\u003cbr\u003e     The Envious Neighbour\u003cbr\u003e     The Fairy of the Dawn\u003cbr\u003e     The Enchanted Knife\u003cbr\u003e     Jesper who herded the Hares\u003cbr\u003e     The Underground Workers\u003cbr\u003e     The History of Dwarf Long Nose\u003cbr\u003e     The Nunda, Eater of People\u003cbr\u003e     The Story of Hassebu\u003cbr\u003e     The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet\u003cbr\u003e     The Monkey and the Jelly-fish\u003cbr\u003e     The Headless Dwarfs\u003cbr\u003e     The young Man who would have his Eyes opened\u003cbr\u003e     The Boys with the Golden Stars\u003cbr\u003e     The Frog\u003cbr\u003e     The Princess who was hidden Underground\u003cbr\u003e     The Girl who pretended to be a Boy\u003cbr\u003e     The Story of Halfman\u003cbr\u003e     The Prince who wanted to see the World\u003cbr\u003e     Virgililus the Sorcerer\u003cbr\u003e     Mogarzea and his Son\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA TALE OF THE TONTLAWALD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong, long ago there stood in the midst of a country covered with lakes\u003cbr\u003ea vast stretch of moorland called the Tontlawald, on which no man ever\u003cbr\u003edared set foot. From time to time a few bold spirits had been drawn by\u003cbr\u003ecuriosity to its borders, and on their return had reported that they had\u003cbr\u003ecaught a glimpse of a ruined house in a grove of thick trees, and round\u003cbr\u003eabout it were a crowd of beings resembling men, swarming over the grass\u003cbr\u003elike bees. The men were as dirty and ragged as gipsies, and there were\u003cbr\u003ebesides a quantity of old women and half-naked children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne night a peasant who was returning home from a feast wandered a\u003cbr\u003elittle farther into the Tontlawald, and came back with the same story. A\u003cbr\u003ecountless number of women and children were gathered round a huge fire,\u003cbr\u003eand some were seated on the ground, while others danced strange dances\u003cbr\u003eon the smooth grass. One old crone had a broad iron ladle in her hand,\u003cbr\u003ewith which every now and then she stirred the fire, but the moment she\u003cbr\u003etouched the glowing ashes the children rushed away, shrieking like night\u003cbr\u003eowls, and it was a long while before they ventured to steal back. And\u003cbr\u003ebesides all this there had once or twice been seen a little old man with\u003cbr\u003ea long beard creeping out of the forest, carrying a sack bigger than\u003cbr\u003ehimself. The women and children ran by his side, weeping and trying to\u003cbr\u003edrag the sack from off his back, but he shook them off, and went on\u003cbr\u003ehis way. There was also a tale of a magnificent black cat as large as a\u003cbr\u003efoal, but men could not believe all the wonders told by the peasant,\u003cbr\u003eand it was difficult to make out what was true and what was false in his\u003cbr\u003estory. However, the fact remained that strange things did happen there,\u003cbr\u003eand the King of Sweden, to whom this part of the country belonged, more\u003cbr\u003ethan once gave orders to cut down the haunted wood, but there was no one\u003cbr\u003ewith courage enough to obey his commands. At length one man, bolder than\u003cbr\u003ethe rest, struck his axe into a tree, but his blow was followed by\u003cbr\u003ea stream of blood and shrieks as of a human creature in pain. The\u003cbr\u003eterrified woodcutter fled as fast as his legs would carry him, and after\u003cbr\u003ethat neither orders nor threats would drive anybody to the enchanted\u003cbr\u003emoor.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182516617456,"sku":"2940013635265","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013635265_p0.jpg?v=1763583666","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013635265","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}