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100	1		_aStockton, Frank R., _d1834-1902
245	1	0	_aFanciful tales
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2023
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2023-06-24
505	0		_aOld Pipes and the Dryad -- The Bee-Man of Orn -- The clocks of Rondaine -- The Griffin and the Minor Canon -- The Christmas truants.
508			_aTim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520			_a"Fanciful Tales" by Frank R. Stockton is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The collection includes whimsical tales aimed primarily at children, featuring enchanting characters and moral lessons. Among the stories are adventures involving an old man named Old Pipes who converses with a Dryad, and a young girl named Arla who contemplates the accuracy of the clocks in her town. The opening of this collection introduces "Old Pipes and the Dryad," where we meet Old Pipes, a once-vibrant piper who has grown old and forgetful, now unable to summon the cattle from the mountains with his music. Despite his deteriorating abilities, the townspeople continue to pay him as they send children to retrieve the livestock instead. After a chance encounter with a Dryad, who emerges from a tree after Old Pipes unwittingly frees her, he learns that the cattle can no longer hear him. Driven by integrity, he resolves to return his wages, believing he no longer deserves them. However, through the kindness of the Dryad, who restores his vitality, Old Pipes finds a renewed joy in his music, culminating in unexpected consequences for both him and the enchanting Dryad. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cUnited States: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922
653			_aFairy tales
653			_aConduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653			_aChildren -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
653			_aChildren's stories, American
653			_aReaders (Elementary)
700	1		_aBurt, Mary E. _q(Mary Elizabeth), _d1850-1918
700	1		_aLangworthy, Julia Elizabeth
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/fancifultalesstoc/page/n7/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71032
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