An Austrian countess turned communist wrote these four fairy tales to explain class to the children of the poor. A rose-bush, a sparrow and a little grey dog witness hunger, idle wealth and hard labour, and each story ends by pointing toward solidarity among working people. This 1925 American translation opens with a foreword addressed to its little comrades.
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