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Title: Aspens and Mountain

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Title: Autumn Glade Artist: Robert Wood
Pavel Bazhov's collection of tales includes, "The Tale of the Stone Flower." In it a man, Danilo, embarks on an artistic quest to find the secrets in carving the perfect stone flower. Katya, his wife who he leaves behind, also embarks on a quest to find her husband. Many think he is dead, but in her heart she knows that her feelings will guide her to him.Danilo's quest took him through lands many traveled days and night away from home to the Copper Mountain. In it lives an entity in the form of a woman called the Mistress of Copper Mountain. Danilo meets this mysterious and beautiful being who shows him her collection of stone flowers. As he marvels at them she tells him that she can teach him this art and as he agrees his mind is swept away. From this point forward his home is this mountain cave and all earthly influences are of no consequence anymore. He completely forgets about his wife, which is not his fault because he was under the magical influence of the mountain's mistress.Then it was up to Katya to bring her husband back. Although it was one of the best things that could have happened to the young craftsman, it was also time for him to go. His skill had exceeded all the skill of all the other master sculptors in the world combined. When Katya found him she had to convince the mistress to let him go, and when she expressed that it was true love that got her to the mountain the mistress let Danilo out of his trance