The Classic Morpurgo Collection (six novels)电子书

Contents

Preface

Chilblains and Semolina Pudding

Strange Meeting

Timbavati

Bertie and the Lion

Running Free

The Frenchman

Strawbridge

And All’s Well

A Lot of Old Codswallop

The White Prince

A Miracle, A Miracle!

The Butterfly Lion

And the Lion Shall Lie Down with the Lamb

Adonis Blues

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The Coming of Kaspar

Not Johnny Trott at All

A Ghost in the Mirror

“Who Gives a Fig, Anyway?”

Running Wild

Stowaway

“We’ve Only Gone and Hit A Flaming Iceberg”

Women and Children First

“Good Luck and God Bless You”

A New Life

Postscript

Contents

“Best Mate for ever”

“Be Fast, Brighteyes, Be Very Fast”

“Knick Knack, Paddywack”

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A sudden change of heart

“Look at me, I need a smile”

“No leaves, Oona, I can’t eat leaves”

Tiger, Tiger…

A feast of figs

“He is like God here”

Other One

Burning bright

Sanctuary

Elephant’s child

Postscript

Author’s Note

Post postscript

The Iraq War

Deforestation

Orang-utans

Tsunami

Tyger Tyger

Acknowledgements

Contents

Part One The Story of Arthur Hobhouse

Arthur Hobhouse is a Happening

Three Red Funnels and an Orchestra

Kookaburras, Cockatoos and Kangaroos

Cooper’s Station and Piggy Bacon and God’s Work

Suffer Little Children

Wes Snarkey’s Revenge

Saints and Sinners

Mrs Piggy to Ida

“Only One Way Out”

“Did We Have the Children Here for This?”

“Just Watch Me”

“For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow”

Wide as the Ocean

“Couple of Raggedy Little Scarecrows”

Henry’s Horrible Hat Hole

I Must Go Down to the Sea

Scrambled Eggs and Baked Beans

“You’re my Boys, Aren’t You?”

Freddie Dodds

One January Night

An Orphan Just the Same

Things Fall Apart

The Centre Will Not Hold

Oh Lucky Man!

Kitty Four

Part Two The Voyage of the Kitty Four

What Goes Around, Comes Around

Two Send-offs, and an Albatross

Jelly Blobbers and Red Hot Chili Peppers

1600 hrs Mon 10 Jan 043’ 23”S 148’ 02”E

2000hrs Tues 11 jan 44’ 13”S 151’ 12”E

1600 hrs Thurs 13 jan 45’ 41”S 156’ 19”E 5 knots

And Now the Storm Blast Came

1700hrs Sat 15 Jan 46’ 50”S 162’ 49”E

1641hrs Sun 16 Jan 2005

1015hrs 17 Jan 41’ 57”S 167’ 31”E

1250hrs Tues 18 Jan 47’ 31”S 170’ 36”E

Just Staying Alive

1830hrs Sat 22 Jan

2015hrs same day

1002hrs Sat 29 Jan 48’ 12”S 173’ 45”E

1122hrs Sun 30 Jan 49’ 02”S 175’ 38”E

0735hrs Wed 2 Feb 49’ 52”S 173’ 54”E

“Hey Ho Little Fish Don’t Cry, Don’t Cry”

Around the Horn, and with Dolphins Too!

2005hrs 9 Mar 55’ 47”S 74’ 06”W

1825hrs 11 Mar 56’ 00”S 67’ 15”W

2115 same day

Dr Marc Topolski

“One Small Step for Man”

0715hrs 29 March 45’ 44”S 50’ 13”W

1112 hrs 31 March 42’ 29”S 48’ 30”W

2112hrs 3 April 38’ 54”S 46’ 03”W

1216hrs 5 April (GPS on the blink for some reason, so not sure of precise position)

1520 14 April 25’ 85”S 41’ 31”W

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

“London Bridge is Falling Down”

Now you’ve read the book

Afterword

Acknowledgements

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