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Nine Unlikely Tales

by E. Nesbit

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Nine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence and the dreadful automatic nagging machine.All are charming, novel and not afraid to squeeze in a moral or two — told with proper fairy-tale style.* 1 - The Cockatoucan* 2 - Whereyouwantogoto* 3 - The Blue Mountain* 4 - The Prince, Two Mice, and Some Kitchen-Maids* 5 - Melisande; or Long and Short Division* 6 - Fortunatus Rex and Co.* 7 - The Sums That Came Right* 8 - The Town in the Library, in the Town in the Library* 9 - The Plush Usurper

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