Niels' Travels Riding a Goose

This is a fairy tale that won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book tells the story of a boy named Nils who was made smaller because he offended an elf. He had no choice but to ride a white goose around Sweden. Niels traveled around the country. Gradually he changed his shortcomings and finally grew into a brave and upright child. The author uses this story to express his attachment to the great mountains and rivers of the motherland and his best wishes for the children to grow up healthily.