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Volume seven of the Tom Swift series brings our hero, Tom Swift, to Phantom Mountain, somewhere in Colorado, in search of a band of rascals who use the power generated in a flash of lightning to create diamonds. Tom Swift encounters Barcoe Jenks, an eccentric character we met in the previous volume, who enlists Tom's aid to get the secret of making perfect diamonds from the sinister gang of Diamond Makers. Once again our hero, Tom Swift, saves his companions from many a disaster.

In this story by the French writer Charles Perrault, a fairy gives two sisters the magical gifts they deserve.

Zhila-byla vdova, u kotoroj byli dve docheri; starshaja do togo na nee pohodila i licom i nravom, chto, kak govoritsja, ne razvel by ih. Tak oni byli obe gordy i neprivetlivy, chto, kazhetsja, nikto by ne soglasilsja zhit' s nimi. Mladshaja, naprotiv, vyshla v otca krotost'ju i vezhlivost'ju, da i sverh togo krasavica ona byla neobyknovennaja. Vsjakomu cheloveku nravitsja to, chto na nego pohodit: mat' byla bez uma ot starshej docheri, a k mladshej chuvstvovala otvrashhenie neodolimoe.

The Brothers Grimm were not alone in collecting folk fables. Charles Perault has provided dozens of stellar short stories from the same era. In this short story, we consider the difference between a kind sister and one who is less than grateful. It will be easy to decide who was most deserving of the fairy’s favor.