Twelve-year-old Job lived on a mountain in the Catskills with his
grandfather. One December Christmas Eve, when his grandfather had gone
to town leaving Job to care for the cow and chickens, a snowstorm
arrived, preventing his grandfather's return. Sitting in front of the
fire, Job is visited by numerous fairies, who tell him wonderful stories
of the world. Upon his grandfather's return, Job is not quite sure - did
it actually happen or had he dreamed it? This is a wonderful story of
imagination, beautifully written and illustrated. Originally published
in 1876.