{"product_id":"2940014086943","title":"THE MAN WITH THE PAN-PIPES AND OTHER STORIES","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                   PAGE\u003cbr\u003e    THE MAN WITH THE PAN-PIPES        7\u003cbr\u003e    PIG-BETTY                        30\u003cbr\u003e    THE DORMOUSE'S MISTAKE           51\u003cbr\u003e    THE CHRISTMAS GUEST              59\u003cbr\u003e    OLIVE'S TEA-PARTY                67\u003cbr\u003e    A LIVE DUMMY                     76\u003cbr\u003e    A QUEER HIDING-PLACE             83\u003cbr\u003e    BLUE FROCKS AND PINK FROCKS      90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAN WITH THE PAN-PIPES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: The man with the Pan-pipes.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen I was a little girl, which is now a good many years ago, there\u003cbr\u003ecame to spend some time with us a cousin who had been brought up in\u003cbr\u003eGermany. She was almost grown-up--to me, a child of six or seven, she\u003cbr\u003eseemed _quite_ grown-up; in reality, she was, I suppose, about fifteen\u003cbr\u003eor sixteen. She was a bright, kind, good-natured girl, very anxious to\u003cbr\u003eplease and amuse her little English cousins, especially me, as I was\u003cbr\u003ethe only girl. But she had not had much to do with small children;\u003cbr\u003eabove all, delicate children, and she was so strong and hearty herself\u003cbr\u003ethat she did not understand anything about nervous fears and fancies.\u003cbr\u003eI think I was rather delicate, at least, I was very fanciful; and as I\u003cbr\u003ewas quiet and gave very little trouble, nobody noticed how constantly\u003cbr\u003eI was reading, generally in a corner by myself. I now see that I read\u003cbr\u003efar too many stories, for even of good and harmless things it is\u003cbr\u003epossible to have too much. In those days, fortunately for me, there\u003cbr\u003ewere not nearly so many books for children, so, as I read very fast, I\u003cbr\u003ewas often obliged to read the same stories over and over again. This\u003cbr\u003ewas much better for me than always getting new tales and galloping\u003cbr\u003ethrough them, as I see many children do now-a-days, but still I think\u003cbr\u003eI lived too much in story-book world, and it was well for me when\u003cbr\u003eother things forced me to become more, what is called, \"practical.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy cousin Meta was full of life and activity, and after awhile she\u003cbr\u003egrew tired of always finding me buried in my books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It isn't good for you, Addie,\" she said. \"Such a dot as you are, to\u003cbr\u003ebe always poking about in a corner reading.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079828095216,"sku":"2940014086943","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014086943_p0.jpg?v=1763600392","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014086943","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}