World Literature Classics Stories · The Adventures of: The Adventures of

Author: Lagerlof
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Through the story of a mischievous boy who transforms into a small ghost and travels around Sweden on a goose, the author provides a comprehensive introduction to Sweden, full of artistic charm, knowledge, and fun. In this book, the protagonist Niels rides on a white goose and follows the flock of wild geese to many places, experiencing many thrilling and strange events. Niels and the wild geese use a wheel to defeat the cunning fox; he helps the black mice defeat the gray mice with a magic whistle; he buys a large amount of goods in the underground city with a copper coin; he bravely fights against the robbing birds with a kind of knife; he rows a boat made of a bird's nest and saves the greenhead duck from the hunter's gun; he escapes death from the bear's mouth; he sees a giant pushing a mountain like a millstone and playing with a waterfall as a slide.