Robert, Cyril, Anthea, Jane and The Lamb (their baby brother) have moved from London to the countryside of Kent. Exploring the gravel pits around their new home, the children inadvertently unearth a Psammead, also known as a sand fairy.
Granted a wish each day, the children embark on a series of adventures, or misadventures brought on by magic's twisted interpretation of their own desires.
Rated: All Visitors
Categories: Characters: None
Story Attributes: Classic Literature
Story Era: 2 - Victorian (1837-1901)
Story Warnings: None
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Series: Five Children and It
Chapters: 11 Completed: No
Word count: 48621 Read: 2747
Published: 06/12/09 Updated: 06/12/09
TO JOHN BLAND
My Lamb, you are so very small,
You have not learned to read at all.
Yet never a printed book withstands
The urgence of your dimpled hands.
So, though this book is for yourself,
Let mother keep it on the shelf
Till you can read. O days that Pass,
That day will come too soon, alas!
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