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Pentecost #3
Pentecost of Lickey Top
Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso
- GenresAnimals
208 pages, Paperback
First published September 24, 1987
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January 31, 2017
This is a book strong on witty banter, full of repartee and brightly polished sarcasm, not very long on action.
A dastardly (and somewhat melodramatic) cocklesnortle is hardly able to resist informing the inhabitants of Lickey Top about its latest bout of unmitigated evil. It has managed to keep secret that it has been masquerading as a guardian angel to a family of badgers and a guiding star to an otter. This seven-legged glowing insect has also managed to conceal the fact that one of the badgers is a 'cuckoo in the nest' (to mix both metaphors and species in one foul go) in the interest of maximising misery all around. After all, what self-respecting cocklesnortle would not wish to inflict the greatest amount of emotional suffering possible on others?
The Pentecost Mouse and his friend, Fox of Furrowfield, have their paws full trying to keep the vicious otter which has taken up residence in the pool at the bottom of the One Hundred Steps from making everyone's life difficult. It's already taken some mice hostage (mind you, they did stupidly volunteer because it seemed a good idea to break the boredom) and made demands about a sliding competition it expects to win.
Much of the humour will probably go over most kid's heads. But, fans of things like Shrek and other stories that are aimed at adults as much as kids, no doubt won't mind.
A dastardly (and somewhat melodramatic) cocklesnortle is hardly able to resist informing the inhabitants of Lickey Top about its latest bout of unmitigated evil. It has managed to keep secret that it has been masquerading as a guardian angel to a family of badgers and a guiding star to an otter. This seven-legged glowing insect has also managed to conceal the fact that one of the badgers is a 'cuckoo in the nest' (to mix both metaphors and species in one foul go) in the interest of maximising misery all around. After all, what self-respecting cocklesnortle would not wish to inflict the greatest amount of emotional suffering possible on others?
The Pentecost Mouse and his friend, Fox of Furrowfield, have their paws full trying to keep the vicious otter which has taken up residence in the pool at the bottom of the One Hundred Steps from making everyone's life difficult. It's already taken some mice hostage (mind you, they did stupidly volunteer because it seemed a good idea to break the boredom) and made demands about a sliding competition it expects to win.
Much of the humour will probably go over most kid's heads. But, fans of things like Shrek and other stories that are aimed at adults as much as kids, no doubt won't mind.
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