CONTENTS THE BOY / 1 AKKA FROM KEBNEKAISE / 20 THE WONDERFUL JOURNEY OF NILS / 39 GLIMMINGE CASTLE / 62 THE GREAT CRANE DANCE ON KULLABERG / 77 IN RAINY WEATHER / 88 THE STAIRWAY WITH THE THREE STEPS / 95 BY RONNEBY RIVER / 100 KARLSKRONA / 111 THE TRIP TO ÖLAND / 122 ÖLAND'S SOUTHERN POINT / 128 THE BIG BUTTERFLY / 138 LITTLE KARL'S ISLAND / 143 TWO CITIES / 157 THE LEGEND OF SMÅLAND / 171 THE CROWS / 177 THE OLD PEASANT WOMAN / 198 THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS 2 FROM TABERG TO HUSKVARNA / 210 THE BIG BIRD LAKE / 215 ULVÅSA-LADY / 233 THE HOMESPUN CLOTH / 239 THE STORY OF KARR AND GRAYSKIN / 244 THE WIND WITCH / 277 THE BREAKING UP OF THE ICE / 293 THUMBIETOT AND THE BEARS / 298 THE FLOOD / 314 DUNFIN / 325 STOCKHOLM / 337 GORGO, THE EAGLE / 352 ON OVER GÄSTRIKLAND / 364 A DAY IN HÄLSINGLAND / 371 IN MEDELPAD / 385 A MORNING IN ÅNGERMANLAND / 392 WESTBOTTOM AND LAPLAND / 400 OSA, THE GOOSE GIRL, AND LITTLE MATS / 414 WITH THE LAPLANDERS / 423 HOMEWARD BOUND! / 433 LEGENDS FROM HÄRJEDALEN / 438 VERMLAND AND DALSLAND / 449 3 CONTENTS THE TREASURE ON THE ISLAND / 461 THE JOURNEY TO VEMMINGHÖG / 469 HOME AT LAST / 472 THE PARTING WITH THE WILD GEESE / 483 TABLE OF PRONUNCIATION / 486