The Wonderful Adventures Of Nils is a classic children's book written by Selma Lagerlof. The story follows the adventures of a young boy named Nils Holgersson, who is magically transformed into a tiny elf-like creature after he mistreats an animal. Nils joins a flock of wild geese and embarks on a journey across Sweden, learning about the country's geography, history, and culture along the way. Through his travels, Nils encounters a variety of animals and people, including a mischievous fox, a kindhearted farm girl, and a ...
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The Wonderful Adventures Of Nils is a classic children's book written by Selma Lagerlof. The story follows the adventures of a young boy named Nils Holgersson, who is magically transformed into a tiny elf-like creature after he mistreats an animal. Nils joins a flock of wild geese and embarks on a journey across Sweden, learning about the country's geography, history, and culture along the way. Through his travels, Nils encounters a variety of animals and people, including a mischievous fox, a kindhearted farm girl, and a group of Laplanders. He also faces many challenges and dangers, such as being captured by a hawk and nearly drowning in a river. As Nils travels with the geese, he learns important lessons about kindness, empathy, and the importance of treating all living creatures with respect. The book is filled with vivid descriptions of the Swedish landscape and wildlife, and is a charming and engaging story that has been beloved by children for generations.And over and around all these cliffs and rocks crawl entangled tendrils and weeds. Trees grow there also, but the wind's power is so great that trees have to transform themselves into clinging vines, that they may get a firm hold on the steep precipices. The oaks creep along on the ground, while their foliage hangs over them like a low ceiling; and long-limbed beeches stand in the ravines like great leaf-tents.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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