The book begins with a description of the enchanted forest, which was supposed to sit between Moonstone Mines and Centaurs Mountain (Thurber, 3). The enchanted forest also had “a distant bell that causes boys to run and laugh and girls to stand and tremble (Thurber, 3).” The toadstools would feel heavy in a person's hand but would become light enough to float away and trail black and purple stars (Thurber, 3). Rabbits could even pull their heads off of their bodies and tip them as if they were hats (Thurber, 4).