{"product_id":"2940015710298","title":"THE CAT AND THE MOUSE","description":"The Magic Bed\u003cbr\u003e     A Book of East Indian Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe Cat and the Mouse\u003cbr\u003e     A Book of Persian Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe Jeweled Sea\u003cbr\u003e     A Book of Chinese Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe Magic Jaw Bone\u003cbr\u003e     A Book of South Sea Islands Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Elephant\u003cbr\u003e     A Book of African Tales\u003cbr\u003eThe Enchanted Castle\u003cbr\u003e     A Book of Tales from Flower Land\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifty Cents Each\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      *      *      *      *      *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCopyright, 1906\u003cbr\u003eby Henry Altemus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersia is rich in folk lore. For hundreds and hundreds of years the\u003cbr\u003estories in this book, and many others as well, have been told to the\u003cbr\u003ewondering boys and girls of that country, who, as they hear them,\u003cbr\u003epicture their native land as one of roses and tulips, where beautiful\u003cbr\u003efairies build their castles in the rosy morn, and black gnomes fly\u003cbr\u003earound in the darkness of midnight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA land, too, where the sun gleams like a fire above the blue mountains,\u003cbr\u003eand the water lilies are mirrored in the deep lakes. A land where the\u003cbr\u003eeyes of the tigers gleam through the reeds by the riverside, and\u003cbr\u003edark-eyed, sunburned people are quick to love and quick to hate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe belief in the \"Ghool,\" or \"Old Man of the Desert,\" is still\u003cbr\u003eprevalent in Persia, which probably accounts for the popularity of the\u003cbr\u003estory of \"The Son of the Soap Seller.\" The other stories selected for\u003cbr\u003ethis volume are great favorites, but the story of \"The Cat and the\u003cbr\u003eMouse\" is perhaps the most popular of all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe frontispiece to this volume is a reduced facsimile of a whole page\u003cbr\u003ein a Persian book, showing both the pictures and the reading as they\u003cbr\u003ewere published in Persia. The other illustrations for \"The Cat and the\u003cbr\u003eMouse\" are copies of drawings by a Persian artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Two friends on one carpet may with contentment sleep;\u003cbr\u003e  Two monarchs in one kingdom the peace can never keep.\u003cbr\u003e  While earth revolves, and little children play,\u003cbr\u003e  Cats over mice will always hold the sway.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                         H. J.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   The Cat and The Mouse\u003cbr\u003e   The Son of the Soap Seller\u003cbr\u003e   The King's Treasure\u003cbr\u003e   The King and The Fisherman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   Frontispiece\u003cbr\u003e   \"Nobody was happier than this cat\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"'Now will you take off my head?'\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"The cat had a rosary of beads\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"The mice began to make merry\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"Discreetly they bore their gifts\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"And they went forward trembling\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"Five mice he caught\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"The King was sitting on his throne\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"The armies fell upon each other\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"So he mounted his elephant\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"The lion sprang upon the Princess\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"'O brothers, buy my pure soap'\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"Things became blacker and blacker\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"Leading a fine lion by a chain\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"They set forth on their journey\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"The rain fell in torrents\"\u003cbr\u003e   \"'Give me a drink of water'\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153049207024,"sku":"2940015710298","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015710298","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}