Expanded Contents
- Author's Note (1973)
- Map (copyright 1968, Evaline Ness)
- The foundling
- The stone
- The true enchanter
- The rascal crow
- The sword
- The smith, the weaver, and the harper
- Coll and his white pig
- The truthful harp
- Prydain Pronunciation Guide (1999)
- About the Author (1973)
Coll and His White Pig (1965) and The Truthful Harp (1967) were 32-page picture books illustrated by Evaline Ness. They feature as younger adults two of Taran's human companions in The Chronicles. Six new stories constituted the first Foundling collection, published in 1973 and dedicated to "Friends of Prydain, who promised to read more if I would write more". The author then cited "many readers of all ages" and explained that "popular demand makes a splendid pretext" for return to Prydain, but all the stories (six) explore prehistory, "before the birth of Taran Assistant Pig-Keeper". The expanded Foundling in 1999 collected all eight stories with an old map of Prydain by Ness and a new pronunciation guide.
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