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Book Information: Rocking-Horse Land

Rocking-Horse Land (1984) [Short Story]
by Laurence Housman Rating: No votes (Rate!)
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For his birthday Prince Freedling is given a roomful of lavish and magical presents. The only one that doesn't bore him is a splendid black rocking-horse. The little prince rides it all day, leading imaginary knights into battle. And then, to his astonishment, the new rocking-horse begs to be free to visit Rocking-Horse Land at night, promising to return to the prince in the morning…

Appears in The Victorian Fairy Tale Book
Also published as a picture book with illustrations by Kristina Rodanas.

Original title: Rocking-Horse Land
Original languages: English

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Genre: Fairy Tales & FolkloreOriginal Creations

This work is a subwork of the following works :
     Victorian Fairy Tale Book, the (1988) [Anthology]
      Authors: Charles Dickens , Edith Nesbit , Oscar Wilde , William Butler Yeats , James M. Barrie , Kenneth Grahame , William Makepeace Thackeray , Robert Browning , George MacDonald , Laurence Housman , Christina Rossetti , Mary de Morgan , John Ruskin , Henry Morley , William Allingham , Dinah Maria Mulock Craik , Ford Madox Ford

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