We can easily forget that there are writers capable of creating fairy tales equal to Grimm. So we sat around the fire, took out our flutes and played a little song for the stars.” I asked Nonno and he said he believed they did. “Do the stars care if you play for them?” I wondered. Her subsequent contributions to this genre include The Brothers Lionheart (1973) and Ronia the Robber's Daughter (1981).By Astrid Lindgren, published in English in 2003 original story 1954 Mio, My Son is Lindgren's first high fantasy novel. ThemesĬentral themes in the story focus on friendship granting strength to endure hardships, that it is sometimes necessary to leave a safe situation and put oneself at risk for a greater cause, and that evil often coincides with unhappiness. In the American version, Mio is first called Karl Anders Nilsson, nicknamed Andy, and Jum-Jum's name is Pompoo. Together with Jum-Jum and Miramis, Mio sets out on a perilous journey into the land of Kato, as the stories have foreseen for thousands and thousands of years. Mio is told that his destiny is to fight Kato, even though he is only a child. He has kidnapped several children from the nearby villages, and he poses a constant threat to the people living there.

In the lands beyond that of the king lives an evil knight named Kato, whose hatred is so strong that the land around his castle is barren and singed. However, he soon learns that not everything in this world is as wonderful as it first seemed. He finds a new best friend, Jum-Jum, and receives the horse Miramis from his father. Upon arriving, Bosse is told that his real name is Mio, and that he is son of the king and thus prince of the land. Upon freeing it, the genie recognises the apple and takes Bosse to another world, far, far away. Soon after, Bosse finds a bottle with a genie trapped inside. Bosse looks at his apple and suddenly it turns into gold. It is addressed to a king, and it says that his son will soon be coming home, and to be recognised he will be holding a golden apple as sign.

He mails the card, but not before he has thrown a glance at the it. Lundin, that asks him to mail a postcard for her.

One day he receives an apple from the kindly shopkeeper, Mrs. They harass him, and tell him to stay out of their way. Mio, My Son starts by introducing Bo Vilhelm Olsson ('Bosse'), a young boy who has been adopted by an elderly couple who dislike boys.

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