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Three royal children who sleep beside a forest face the mischief of a gray, child-stealing dwarf who lives in a tower and fills corner after corner with captive youngsters. A faithful guardian named Tom and the siblings confront fairy winds and other enchanted forces, pursue clever plans, and seek magical aids—a diamond water-drop, a golden ivy-seed, and a magic fire—to undo the dwarf’s power. The narrative moves through episodes of trickery, quests in and beyond the garden, and a staged rescue of the youngest prince, combining whimsical peril with inventive problem-solving and the solidarity of protectors and children.
| “Rumpty-Dudget, whose only pleasure was in doing mischief, lived in a gray tower” (in color) | Frontispiece |
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| “‘Come with me, Princess Hilda, Prince Frank and Prince Henry’” | 14 |
| “The two children took hold of it, and off they all went” | 36 |
| “Behold! It was the golden ivy-seed” | 56 |
| “The cat put Princess Hilda and Prince Frank on the two largest leaves, and got on the stem himself” | 68 |
| “‘Oh,’ said Princess Hilda, ‘you look like our mamma’” | 70 |