02693cam a22003613u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324500240014926400510017330000470022433600260027133700260029733800360032350000310035950502810039050800950067152012890076653400450205565300160210065300200211665300230213665300280215970000470218770000540223485600430228849913UtSlPG20260610134140.0mcr n260607r2015||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aNesbit, E.q(Edith),d1858-192410aNine Unlikely Tales 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2015  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2015-09-090 aThe Cockatoucan -- Whereyouwantogoto -- The blue mountain -- The prince, two mice, and some kitchen-maids -- Melisande; or, long and short division -- Fortunatus Rex & Co. -- The sums that came right -- The town in the library, in the town in the library -- The plush usurper.  aProduced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"Nine Unlikely Tales" by E. Nesbit is a collection of whimsical short stories written in the late 19th century. The tales explore fantastical situations and curious characters, blending humor and fantasy in a manner characteristic of Nesbit's writing. The collection begins with the story of Matilda, a little girl who finds herself in absurd circumstances, revealing her imaginative inner world and the mischief that ensues when her plans are disrupted.  At the start of the book, Matilda is preparing for an uncomfortable visit to her Great-aunt Willoughby, plagued by societal norms of cleanliness and decorum imposed by her nursemaid, Pridmore. However, instead of reaching the expected destination, a wrong omnibus takes them to a charming yet peculiar village where everything is oddly mismatched. In this new setting, Matilda encounters a beautifully dressed yet enchanted king, a princess who embodies an exaggerated thinness, and a comically transformed Pridmore, leading to a series of absurd adventures driven by an enchantingly mischievous giant bird known as the Cockatoucan. The opening portion sets the tone for a delightful exploration of imagination, defiance against conventionality, and the unpredictability of destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aFairy tales  aFantasy fiction  aChildren's stories  aWit and humor, Juvenile1 aMillar, H. R.q(Harold Robert),d1869-19421 aShepperson, Claude A.q(Claude Allin),d1867-192140uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49913