02405cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000110011910000370013024500580016726400510022530000470027633600260032333700260034933800360037550000310041150802220044252012020066453400450186665300300191165300330194170000330197485600430200799900170205015511UtSlPG20260610133350.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d a02021103 aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZaPS1 aLeonard, Mary Finley,d1862-194810aMr. Pat's Little Girl: A Story of the Arden Foresters 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier aRelease date is 2005-03-31 aE-text prepared by David Garcia, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org/) a"Mr. Pat's Little Girl: A Story of the Arden Foresters" by Mary Finley Leonard is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces readers to a young girl named Rosalind Patterson Whittredge, who navigates the complexities of her life after arriving at her grandmother's home. Throughout her journey, she encounters various characters, including the kind-hearted but peculiar magician, Mr. Morgan, who sparks her imagination and leads her to seek friendships in an unfamiliar place. At the start of the novel, Rosalind is settling into her new surroundings, which include a beautiful garden that only partially comforts her loneliness. She expressively engages with her environment, reciting hymns and dreaming of the Forest of Arden, which serves as a metaphor for the adventures she longs to experience. Her chance meeting with Mr. Morgan, a deaf cabinet-maker, marks the beginning of her exploration of Friendship, as she yearns to meet new people and learn to communicate in different ways. This opening sets a tone of innocence and curiosity, hinting at themes of friendship, belonging, and the magic that exists in everyday life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nOriginal publication data not identified aGirls -- Juvenile fiction aKentucky -- Juvenile fiction1 aEmerson, Chase,d1874?-1922?40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15511 c56899d56899