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A mischievous prince finds his world turned upside‑down when his godmother, the capricious Fairy Copetta, insists he obeys a strict set of lessons and courtesies. Instead of simple schooling, Vance discovers a miniature court that lives inside a tiny, enchanted box, populated by talking animals, quirky wizards, and eccentric nobles who all demand his attention. The whimsical setting bursts with vivid scenes—a blue wizard offering gold bonbons, a raven with glittering eyes, and a court that shrinks to fit a fisherman's table—inviting listeners into a delightfully tangled realm where politeness and curiosity clash.
As Vance grapples with the absurd demands of his fairy godmother and the oddball inhabitants of his pocket‑sized kingdom, his bewilderment turns into a series of charming, if baffling, encounters. From riddling cats to hissing swans and a giant’s hand that looms like a playground, the story balances gentle humor with the prince’s growing sense of agency. Young listeners will be drawn into the playful absurdity, eager to see how Vance learns to navigate a world where even a simple lesson can become an extraordinary adventure.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (104K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Meredith Bach, Asad Razzaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Release date
2009-05-30
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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A New England man of letters, he moved easily between poetry, fiction, criticism, and teaching, and became a familiar literary voice in Boston in the late 19th century. Alongside his own novels and poems, he also helped shape young writers through many years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Best known as Eleanor Putnam, this 19th-century American writer left behind a small but memorable body of historical and literary work before her early death. Writing under a pen name, she brought curiosity, atmosphere, and a clear sense of place to subjects from New England history to fiction.
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