All Stories page 66
Stories including "Astropup and the Invasion of the Bird Brains" and "Astropup and the Parrot Who Betrayed The World".
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Astropup and the Invasion of the Bird Brains
A fleet of alien birds launches a brainwave attack against the world. Only a parrot drummed out of the space force can save us all from disaster.
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Astropup and the Parrot Who Betrayed The World
A parrot is put on trial for disobeying orders and jeopardising a critical space-mission.
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The Wild Man
A wild man of the woods is kept prisoner in a cage in the courtyard of the castle. A boy takes pity on the curious captive, and sets him free – only to meet him again later.
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Chap 6, The Christmas Beauty
Princess Talia has no home to go to at Christmas. Her college friend Sally invites her to her house in Liverpool, where Talia’s strange behaviour does not entirely win favour with her family.
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1001 Nights
How to enchant a terrible Sultan through the art of Story-telling.
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Tom Thumb
An adventurous and amusing fairy tale from England.
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Urashima
A Japanese fairy tale about a kind-hearted fisher boy who catches a turtle and lets it go free.
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The Leap Frog
Hans Christian Andersen’s short but perfect tale about three animals that have pretentions to marry a princess and ‘leap” above their stations in life.
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Chap 5, The Timeless Beauty
Our Awaking Beauty, Princess Talia, goes out for the first time with her fellow students, and and at least one of them discovers what it must feel like to slip through time.
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The Cat that Walked by Himself
Kipling’s Just So story, set when people still lived in caves: a clever woman makes a bargain with a clever cat – who will win out? Why cats are so independent and drink bowls of milk, while other animals earn their place by the fire.
