Many years ago there lived in Spain a very old-fashioned gentleman whom you would have been glad to know. This gentleman had so many odd ways and did so many strange things that he not only amused his neighbors and distressed his friends, but made himself famous throughout the world. What his real name was, no one outside of his village seemed to know. Some said it was this, some said it was that; but his neighbors called him ``the good Mr. Quixana," and no doubt this was correct. He was gentle and kind, and very brave; and all who knew him loved him. He had neither wife nor child. He lived with his niece in his own farm-house close by a quiet little village in the province of La Mancha. - Taken from "Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children" written by James Baldwin