{"product_id":"2940014573481","title":"Grimm's Fairy Tales","description":"THE GOLDEN BIRD\u003cbr\u003eA certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree\u003cbr\u003ewhich bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about\u003cbr\u003ethe time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one\u003cbr\u003eof them was gone. The king became very angry at this, and ordered the\u003cbr\u003egardener to keep watch all night under the tree. The gardener set his\u003cbr\u003eeldest son to watch; but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep, and in\u003cbr\u003ethe morning another of the apples was missing. Then the second son was\u003cbr\u003eordered to watch; and at midnight he too fell asleep, and in the morning\u003cbr\u003eanother apple was gone. Then the third son offered to keep watch; but\u003cbr\u003ethe gardener at first would not let him, for fear some harm should come\u003cbr\u003eto him: however, at last he consented, and the young man laid himself\u003cbr\u003eunder the tree to watch. As the clock struck twelve he heard a rustling\u003cbr\u003enoise in the air, and a bird came flying that was of pure gold; and as\u003cbr\u003eit was snapping at one of the apples with its beak, the gardener's son\u003cbr\u003ejumped up and shot an arrow at it. But the arrow did the bird no harm;\u003cbr\u003eonly it dropped a golden feather from its tail, and then flew away.\u003cbr\u003eThe golden feather was brought to the king in the morning, and all the\u003cbr\u003ecouncil was called together. Everyone agreed that it was worth more than\u003cbr\u003eall the wealth of the kingdom: but the king said, 'One feather is of no\u003cbr\u003euse to me, I must have the whole bird.'\u003cbr\u003eThen the gardener's eldest son set out and thought to find the golden\u003cbr\u003ebird very easily; and when he had gone but a little way, he came to a\u003cbr\u003ewood, and by the side of the wood he saw a fox sitting; so he took his\u003cbr\u003ebow and made ready to shoot at it. Then the fox said, 'Do not shoot me,\u003cbr\u003efor I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is, and\u003cbr\u003ethat you want to find the golden bird. You will reach a village in the\u003cbr\u003eevening; and when you get there, you will see two inns opposite to each\u003cbr\u003eother, one of which is very pleasant and beautiful to look at: go not in\u003cbr\u003ethere, but rest for the night in the other, though it may appear to you\u003cbr\u003eto be very poor and mean.' But the son thought to himself, 'What can\u003cbr\u003esuch a beast as this know about the matter?' So he shot his arrow at\u003cbr\u003ethe fox; but he missed it, and it set up its tail above its back and\u003cbr\u003eran into the wood. Then he went his way, and in the evening came to\u003cbr\u003ethe village where the two inns were; and in one of these were people\u003cbr\u003esinging, and dancing, and feasting; but the other looked very dirty,\u003cbr\u003eand poor. 'I should be very silly,' said he, 'if I went to that shabby\u003cbr\u003ehouse, and left this charming place'; so he went into the smart house,\u003cbr\u003eand ate and drank at his ease, and forgot the bird, and his country too.\u003cbr\u003eTime passed on; and as the eldest son did not come back, and no tidings\u003cbr\u003ewere heard of him, the second son set out, and the same thing happened\u003cbr\u003eto him. He met the fox, who gave him the good advice: but when he came\u003cbr\u003eto the two inns, his eldest brother was standing at the window where\u003cbr\u003ethe merrymaking was, and called to him to come in; and he could not\u003cbr\u003ewithstand the temptation, but went in, and forgot the golden bird and\u003cbr\u003ehis country in the same manner.\u003cbr\u003eTime passed on again, and the youngest son too wished to set out into\u003cbr\u003ethe wide world to seek for the golden bird; but his father would not\u003cbr\u003elisten to it for a long while, for he was very fond of his son, and\u003cbr\u003ewas afraid that some ill luck might happen to him also, and prevent his\u003cbr\u003ecoming back. However, at last it was agreed he should go, for he would\u003cbr\u003enot rest at home; and as he came to the wood, he met the fox, and heard\u003cbr\u003ethe same good counsel. But he was thankful to the fox, and did not\u003cbr\u003eattempt his life as his brothers had done; so the fox said, 'Sit upon my\u003cbr\u003etail, and you will travel faster.' So he sat down, and the fox began to\u003cbr\u003erun, and away they went over stock and stone so quick that their hair\u003cbr\u003ewhistled in the wind.\u003cbr\u003eWhen they came to the village, the son followed the fox's counsel, and\u003cbr\u003ewithout looking about him went to the shabby inn and rested there all\u003cbr\u003enight at his ease. In the morning came the fox again and met him as he\u003cbr\u003ewas beginning his journey, and said, 'Go straight forward, till you come\u003cbr\u003eto a castle, before which lie a whole troop of soldiers fast asleep and\u003cbr\u003esnoring: take no notice of them, but go into the castle and pass on and\u003cbr\u003eon till you come to a room, where the golden bird sits in a wooden cage;\u003cbr\u003eclose by it stands a beautiful golden cage; but do not try to take the\u003cbr\u003ebird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one, otherwise\u003cbr\u003eyou will repent it.' Then the fox stretched out his tail again, and the\u003cbr\u003eyoung man sat himself down, and away they went over stock and stone till\u003cbr\u003etheir hair whistled in the wind.\u003cbr\u003eBefore the castle gate all was as the fox had said...","brand":"All classic book warehouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147750228208,"sku":"2940014573481","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014573481_p0.jpg?v=1763620323","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014573481","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}