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Funny stories for nine year olds

First published: 1999 Contents: The balaclava story / George Layton -- Nat and the great bath climb / Penelope Lively -- Ivan's shadow / Marcus Crouch -- Anyone for a banana / John Agard -- The reluctant dragon and the wilful princess / William Raeper -- A good sixpenn'orth / Bill Naughton -- Particle goes green / Helen Cresswell -- A question of grammar / Richmal Crompton -- The night the bed fell / James Thurber -- The good ogre / Ruth Manning-Sanders -- Harold and Bella, Jammy and me / Robert Leeson -- The paw thing / Paul Jennings -- Oonagh / Robert Leeson -- Miss Pettigrew's parrot / Richmal Crompton -- Seventeen oranges / Bill Naughton -- Fairy cakes / Moira Miller -- The litter bug / Jamie Rix