The Tree that Sat Down. Beverley Nichols

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      First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1945

      First published in this abridged edition By Lions 1975

      Lions is an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books 2015

      This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2016

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      Copyright (abridged edition) © Beverley Nichols 1975

      Cover illustration © Nicola Kinner 2016

      Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd 2016

      Beverley Nichols and Isobel and John Morton Sale assert the moral right to be identified as the author and illustrators of the work.

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      Source ISBN: 9780006709930

      Ebook Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780008199531

      Version: 2016-04-21

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Chapter Eight – A Peacock Spreads his Tail

       Chapter Nine – Queer Customers

       Chapter Ten – The Wickedness of Miss Smith

       Chapter Eleven – Witchcraft

       Chapter Twelve – A Tortoise to the Rescue

       Chapter Thirteen – The Book of Magic

       Chapter Fourteen – Judy in Danger

       Chapter Fifteen – Appeal to the Law

       Chapter Sixteen – The Night Before the Trial

       Chapter Seventeen – Justice is Done

       Chapter Eighteen – The Storm – and After

       Chapter Nineteen – Happy Ending

       Footnote

       Collins Modern Classics

       About the Publisher

       Chapter One

       JUDY MEETS A STRANGER

      JUDY WAS OUT in the wood, collecting Sleepo.

      In case you do not know about Sleepo, I will explain. It was one of the things which Judy’s grandmother sold in The Shop Under the Willow Tree. It was really her own invention, though other people in the wood had tried to copy it. But nobody’s Sleepo was as good as Mrs Judy’s; it did not send you to sleep nearly so quickly, and sometimes it gave you bad dreams. Mrs Judy’s Sleepo never gave you bad dreams … in fact, she had an extra special variety, which cost

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