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'What on earth are you doing now?' asked the dragon
'Got a spade?' replied Stan,. 'Just go and get it for me, will
you?'
'Whatever for?'
'Well, you obviously haven't realised that you could save yourself all this work by simply digging up the stream and taking it to the cave. You're lucky to have an expert like me, you really are. Of course, I'll have to charge you for specialist advice. To digging up one stream, £1. To knowing how, £999. It's very cheap at that price, actually. The one I did for the King of Armenia cost a lot more than that, but it was a bigger one, of course. It runs through the palace gardens now. You might like to go and have a look at it some time.'


I picked this book up for £1.99 at a charity shop due to its lovely dust jacket, which shows animals and birds peeking through leaves. Richard Adam retells 19 folk tales about animals from around the world. Each story is illustrated by a beautiful colour plate as well as black and white drawings, so it is lovely to look at.
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