Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
- Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
"Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse" is a children's novel written by Ursula Moray Williams in 1938 while she was pregnant. [ [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ursula-moray-williams-423290.html Ursula Moray Williams] ]
Plot introduction
The book contains 19 chapters. The little wooden horse is a toy horse originally intended to be sold by his maker Uncle Peder. His only desire is to stay with and serve his maker but when the latter is forced out of business by the availability of cheaper mass produced toys he becomes ill through poverty. The little wooden horse then sets out into the world to make himself a fortune for the two of them to live in peace. Through a combination of misfortune and exploitation the little wooden horse is forced to travel a great distance and earn and lose his fortune through each of the chapters. Eventually he does hold onto a fortune, but returning home he finds his maker has disappeared. Eventually they are reunited through a chance and highly emotional meeting.
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