Название: The Tree that Sat Down
Автор: Beverley Nichols
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Детская проза
isbn: 9780008199531
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First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1945
First published in this abridged edition By Lions 1975
Lions is an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books 2015
This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2016
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Contents
Chapter One – Judy Meets a Stranger
Chapter Two – The Strangest Shop in the World
Chapter Three – Plots and Plans
Chapter Four – The Struggle Begins
Chapter Six – More About Bruno
Chapter Seven – Bruno Recaptured
Chapter Eight – A Peacock Spreads his Tail
Chapter Nine – Queer Customers
Chapter Ten – The Wickedness of Miss Smith
Chapter Twelve – A Tortoise to the Rescue
Chapter Thirteen – The Book of Magic
Chapter Fourteen – Judy in Danger
Chapter Fifteen – Appeal to the Law
Chapter Sixteen – The Night Before the Trial
Chapter Seventeen – Justice is Done
Chapter Eighteen – The Storm – and After
Chapter Nineteen – Happy Ending
JUDY WAS OUT in the wood, collecting Sleepo.
In case you do not know about Sleepo, I will explain. It was one of the things which Judy’s grandmother sold in The Shop Under the Willow Tree. It was really her own invention, though other people in the wood had tried to copy it. But nobody’s Sleepo was as good as Mrs Judy’s; it did not send you to sleep nearly so quickly, and sometimes it gave you bad dreams. Mrs Judy’s Sleepo never gave you bad dreams … in fact, she had an extra special variety, which cost СКАЧАТЬ