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    The Jinni of Dreams
    The Jinni of Dreams
    The Jinni of Dreams
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    The Jinni of Dreams

    By Linda Talbot

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    In "The Jinni of Dreams" - a tale for children - Lissie and Brin are feeding Randy, Brin's rabbit, when a jinni - a magical spirit from the desert - appears in the back garden. He declares he can grant the children wishes if they carry out some tricky tasks. They agree to try. There is Tog, the giant toad, to tackle, Drusilla, a daunting sorceress to be eliminated and Harry the horseman's head to restore! The children move through strange lands, on the way meeting Dilly Nilly - a little girll turned by Drusilla into a whimsical creature of the hills. But all ends well, thanks to the Jinni, who is amazed at the pettiness of people's dreams..

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLinda Talbot
    Release dateSep 11, 2016
    ISBN9781370237104
    The Jinni of Dreams
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    Linda Talbot

    Linda Talbot has written fantasy for children and adults and for many years reviewed art, theatre and books in London. She now lives in Crete. She published "Fantasy Book of Food"; rhymes, stories and recipes for children and "Five Rides by a River" - about Suffolk, seen from a bicycle! She contributed a chapter to a book about Conroy Maddox, the British surrealist and features on art to "Topos" the German landscape magazine. She published short stories with the British Fantasy Society as well as stories and poetry in other magazines. And she launched "Wordweavers", an online supplement of poetry and fiction, published in conjunction with The Cretan International Community.

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      The Jinni of Dreams - Linda Talbot

      The Jinni of Dreams

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      Table of Contents

      Illustrations

      Lissie, Brin and Randy

      Trog the Giant Toad

      Dilly Nilly

      Drusilla

      Harry the Headless Horseman

      Thank you

      Author’s Note

      The Jinni of Dreams

      There is a flash and the boom of a brass gong. The sky turns black. A wind whirls from the west.

      Lissie and Brin are at the end of the garden, feeding Randy the rabbit. Lissie drops the plate of bran and lettuce leaves and, with Brin, clings, terrified, to the rabbit hutch.

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