The Wonderful Adventures

The Wonderful Adventures should be Nils Holgersson’s Wonderful Journey Across Sweden translated from Swedish, this story is about a fourteen -year-old little boy named Nils. He lives in southern Sweden, his parents are kind, hard-working but very poor farmers. He does not love reading, mischievous, enjoys teasing small animals. In early spring of one year, the boy’s parents went to the church, because he teased an elf at home, Nils was turned into a homuncule as big as your thumb by the elf’s magic. Just then, a group of wild geese was flying over the farm, a gander domesticated also wanted to join the geese. Nils hugged the goose’s neck to prevent it away, but he was brought to the sky unexpectedly. From then on, he was riding on the back of goose, following the wild geese to travel extensively, traveling around Sweden, flying from the South to Lapland lay the most northern, which took eight months to return home. He rode on the goose’s back, saw high peak and strange range of his homeland, charming scenery, learned the geography and history of the country, heard of many stories and legends, but also suffered many risks and suffering. During the roaming, Nils have learned a lot of advantages from his traveling companion and other animals, and correct the shortcomings of own naughty gradually, cultivate excellent qualities of self-sacrifice and helping to others. When he returned home, he turned to a tall handsome boy, and became a gentle, kind, helpful and industrious boy as well.Through this story the author inspired children to hold good moral character and a strong thirst for knowledge, to be good to overcome own’s shortcoming by learning other’s strong points. This story makes children's mind becomes purer and more virtuous. Meanwhile, through Nils’ roaming young readers also enjoy the beautiful rivers and mountains of Sweden, study geography and history knowledge and cultural traditions of Sweden, know all kinds of animals and plants. It is no exaggeration to say, since the publication of this work, generations of Sweden people, from the King and the Prime Minister to the common people, almost all read this “The Wonderful Adventures of Nils”, and grow up under the subconsciousnesss of this story.