Project Gutenberg 2008-05-02 Public domain in the USA. 123 Jefferies, Richard 1848 1887 Jefferies, John Richard Wood Magic: A Fable Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Wood Magic: A Fable" by Richard Jefferies is a fictional work written in the late 19th century. The narrative revolves around the youthful adventures of a boy named Sir Bevis, who explores the enchanting world around him, characterized by magical encounters with nature and its creatures. Themes of innocence, curiosity, and the interplay between human and animal lives are likely to be central to the story. The opening of the fable introduces Sir Bevis as he engages with his garden, displaying his playful nature and deep connection to the world around him. As he interacts with various animals and insects, like the bumblebee and the thrush, Bevis's adventures reflect innocent childhood curiosity and the joy of discovery. These initial interactions foreshadow a journey filled with magical experiences, hinting at moral lessons intertwined with nature, as Bevis learns from the creatures he encounters while navigating the delicate balance between the joys of exploration and the responsibilities that come with it. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Animals -- Fiction Country life -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Nature/Gardening/Animals Browsing: Fiction 600143 600004 2024-10-11T04:48:15.289984 2023-09-11T08:09:52.719058 text/html text/html 602671 2008-05-02T14:04:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 324069 2021-01-03T13:47:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 329988 2024-10-11T04:48:21.113976 application/epub+zip 338348 2024-10-11T04:48:16.062012 application/epub+zip 256252 2024-10-11T04:48:15.639010 application/epub+zip 620285 2024-10-11T04:48:25.756933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589689 2024-10-11T04:48:20.689008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 408896 2022-09-11T14:30:35.422097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 581123 581044 2024-10-11T04:48:14.537995 2023-09-11T08:09:52.033059 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 580887 2021-01-03T13:47:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 211957 2021-01-03T13:47:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 580895 2021-01-03T13:47:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 211956 2021-01-03T13:47:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21524 2024-10-11T04:48:25.886937 application/rdf+xml 13661 2024-10-11T04:48:15.712028 image/jpeg 2292 2024-10-11T04:48:15.676015 image/jpeg 323295 2024-10-11T04:48:15.346010 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia