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A tender, inventive child is scorned by his thieving, hard-hearted family and seeks refuge in the forest; at a favorite hollow oak he befriends a large bumblebee that leads to an extraordinary change of fortune: he is taken into a protected household where he gains clothes, food, and instruction in magic, yet discovers that personal contentment rests on practical kindness, simple wisdom, and remaining true to his gentle habits rather than on external riches.
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