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"Poems and stories by Margaret Mahy"--Cover.
Contents Teddy and the witches - Gay wind - The playground - Welcoming song - The little boy who wanted a flat world - Wonderful me! - Right-hand men - When I was but a little boy - The letter - Bush wedding - The road to school - The pines - The boy who went looking for a friend - Clowns - The witch dog - A witch poem - The strange egg - Dining out - The great tractor rescue - Goodness gracious! - The tick-tock party - Uncle James - The thief and the magic - Alone in the house - Green needles - Christmas in New Zealand - Once upon an evening - When the king rides by.
Summary Witches, mermaids, dragons, a dog who plays the violin, a girl who finds a dinosaur egg and a boy who wanted the world to be flat - all these and more appear in this book of stories and poems by a born storyteller. 181p.