![]() ![]() And if you do read the book you'll meet E. If you want to know exactly what happens and how, for instance, they manage to fight off an attack by Red Indians who are after their scalps, you'll have to read the book. And although he does obligingly grant the children's wishes, things do always seem to go a bit wrong, until the children begin to suspect that the Psammead himself is deliberately being awkward. Obviously, he isn't very beautiful and nor is he very good-tempered. Its eyes were on long horns like a snail's eyes, and it could move them in and out like telescopes it had ears like a bat's ears, and its tubby body was shaped like a spider's and covered with thick soft fur its legs and arms were furry too, and it had hands and feet like a monkey's. His proper name is a Psammead (pronounced Sammyadd) and he really is quite a find: The children stood round the hole in a ring, looking at the creature they had found. Well, this is quite an old story about old-fashioned children who go out to play one day in the old gravel pits and come across a sand fairy. ![]() ![]() Do you ever imagine what you would do if you were suddenly granted three magic wishes? How would you go about it? Would you plan your requests carefully or would your wishes just come tumbling out? Would you tell the grown-ups? Do you think you would be able to cope if something went unexpectedly wrong? ![]()
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