American Fairy Tales Story 9 - The Wonderful Pump

from The Frank Baum Library · host Frank Baum

In which a kind-hearted woman, living in earnest toil on a barren New England farm, encounters a miraculous talking beetle whose promise leads her and her husband to unimagined fortune from a well they dig upon their rocky hill. Yet, this newfound wealth is met with both hope and caution, as they grapple with the consequences of their prosperity and the lessons it imparts about humility and prudence.

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