The Classic Morpurgo Collection
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Michael Morpurgo. The Classic Morpurgo Collection
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
Contents
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”
Contents
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
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
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
Contents
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Patrick ran out then, unable to stop himself sobbing. He went to the toilet, where he always went when he needed to cry in private. When he got back, the box and the puppies had gone, and so had the man in the peaked cap from the RSPCA.
Mrs Brightwell told Patrick he could have the rest of the day off school, so that was something. His mum and dad took him home in the car. No one spoke a word all the way. He tried to hate them, but he couldn’t. He didn’t feel angry, he didn’t even feel sad. It was as if all his feelings had drained out of him. He didn’t cry again. He lay there all day long on his bed, face to the wall. He didn’t eat because he wasn’t hungry. His mum came in and tried to cheer him up. “One day,” she told him, “one day, we’ll live in a house with a proper garden. Then we can have a dog. Promise.”
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