Jennifer Jane children's stories

By Geoffrey

Stories about Jennifer Jane, who eventually becomes a witch's apprentice and has various adventures in parallel worlds where magic really works. Originally written for my children 50 years ago and slightly updated to appeal today.

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Beyond the Witches' Home 1/5

By Geoffrey on Tue, 08 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane was walking along the path to the Giant's pool. As she approached, she could hear Barnacle Bill and the Giant chatting together. Barnacle Bill waved as soon as he saw her.
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A flight too far 5/6

By Geoffrey on Wed, 16 Mar 2011

She explained that she was going to open a temporary door into another world. The winner of the race would be the first one through the door and it was up to her to make sure the winner was Tony.
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A flight too far 1/6

By Geoffrey on Mon, 14 Mar 2011

The whole Bell family were feeling excited. Abigail had invited them all to stay at the Witches' Home for a long weekend.
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A flight too far 4/6

By Geoffrey on Wed, 16 Mar 2011

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A flight too far 2/6

By Geoffrey on Tue, 15 Mar 2011

She flew high enough to be able to see Lurgin's Bridge, the village, the timber yard and the local magic fog all at the same time. There was a rather pretty cloud formation away to the south.
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A flight too far 3/6

By Geoffrey on Tue, 15 Mar 2011

Her parents had enjoyed the day at the Witches' Home each in their own fashion. However, when the time came for the evening meal and Jennifer Jane hadn't turned up, Mary started to get a bit worried.
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A flight too far 6/6

By Geoffrey on Thu, 17 Mar 2011

Abigail took the time to go and collect her Sunday best cloak and pointed hat. "You never know when you may need to impress strangers," she grinned, when Mary protested at the delay.
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A little knowledge 2/5

By Geoffrey on Mon, 28 Mar 2011

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A little knowledge 1/5

By Geoffrey on Sun, 27 Mar 2011

"Time's up," said the witch in charge of the navigation exam.
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A little knowledge 3/5

By Geoffrey on Mon, 28 Mar 2011

Her Father came to meet her as she arrived home. "You look tired my girl, I think you ought to stay at home for the next few days."
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A little knowledge 4/5

By Geoffrey on Mon, 28 Mar 2011

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A little knowledge 5/5

By Geoffrey on Tue, 29 Mar 2011

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A quiet day with Jennifer Jane 7/7

By Geoffrey on Tue, 24 May 2011

She was half way back to the goblin village, when she heard someone coming along the path towards her. Fortunately it was her father, who’d come to find her to say dinner was ready.
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A quiet day with Jennifer Jane 1/7

By Geoffrey on Sat, 21 May 2011

“I really ought to do something about getting the bicycle saddles I promised Maddy and the other apprentices,” said Jennifer Jane, “would you mind driving me down to the shop dad and help me ch
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A quiet day with Jennifer Jane 2/7

By Geoffrey on Sat, 21 May 2011

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A quiet day with Jennifer Jane 3/7

By Geoffrey on Sun, 22 May 2011

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A quiet day with Jennifer Jane 4/7

By Geoffrey on Sun, 22 May 2011

“There’s nice to see you all, come along Angharad don’t be shy, come out of there and meet some more of my friends.”
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A quiet day with Jennifer Jane 6/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 23 May 2011

She went along the forest paths with her parents until they reached the turning to the goblin village, then waved and ran off. “Shouldn’t be too long,” she called.
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A quiet day with Jennifer Jane 5/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 23 May 2011

“Ah well, show’s over for the day,” laughed Abigail, “but you really did look funny underneath that sweet little baby dragon!”
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A recipe for cherry cake 2/4

By Geoffrey on Mon, 07 Mar 2011

When Mary arrived at the clearing in the woods, she asked to see Abigail.
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A recipe for cherry cake 1/4

By Geoffrey on Mon, 07 Mar 2011

The day started ordinarily enough. Dave was clearing away the breakfast things as usual, while Jennifer Jane got ready for school. Mary was making sandwiches for Jennifer Jane's lunch.
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A recipe for cherry cake 3/4

By Geoffrey on Tue, 08 Mar 2011

Once again Mary explained the day's events Abigail laughed, "He'll enjoy being in that freezer. I'll bet he hasn't felt that cold since Jennifer Jane made him."
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A recipe for cherry cake 4/4

By Geoffrey on Tue, 08 Mar 2011

Mary hurried indoors. Jim had done his usual wonderful cleaning job and she only had to get the tea ready.
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A walk round the Witches' Home 1/4

By Geoffrey on Fri, 29 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane had decided to visit her friends at the Witches’ Home in her canoe.
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A Walk round the Witches' Home 2/4

By Geoffrey on Sat, 30 Apr 2011

She laughed to herself; all that effort and all she’d managed to do was go round the building without seeing the castle side of the Home or the alternate world at all.
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A Walk round the Witches' Home 3/4

By Geoffrey on Sat, 30 Apr 2011

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A Walk round the Witches' Home 4/4

By Geoffrey on Sun, 01 May 2011

“Please Ma’am, I came through the wishing fog in my canoe to visit my witch friends, but they were all too busy to talk to me.
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A walk round the Witches' Home.

By Geoffrey on Mon, 26 Dec 2011

Should you be fortunate enough to be able to visit the Witches’ Home by whatever method, you’ll arrive on the lawn that leads from a river to the large old half timbered manor house.
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A week with Peter 1/17

By Geoffrey on Tue, 05 Apr 2011

Sunday Jennifer Jane came down to breakfast full of ideas for things to do during Peter’s stay with the family.
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A week with Peter 12/17

By Geoffrey on Sun, 10 Apr 2011

They picked themselves up. Neither of them was hurt although Peter seemed a bit shaken.
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A week with Peter 13/17

By Geoffrey on Mon, 11 Apr 2011

There was a small hole in the wall right up near the ceiling. This gave just enough light for the children to look round their prison. One chair, a table and a bed were the only furniture.
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A week with Peter 15/17

By Geoffrey on Mon, 11 Apr 2011

The missing children had not spent a pleasant night. In the morning, Peter had thought of standing on the table, then letting Jennifer Jane climb up on his shoulders.
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A week with Peter 2/17

By Geoffrey on Wed, 06 Apr 2011

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A week with Peter 4/17

By Geoffrey on Thu, 07 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane flew Peter over to the timber yard so that he could look at the sawmill.
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A week with Peter 8/17

By Geoffrey on Sat, 09 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane looked at Lieutenant Moonshine rather worriedly.
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A week with Peter 10/17

By Geoffrey on Sat, 09 Apr 2011

“Right, giant’s castle next,” said Jennifer Jane as they rose in the air and waved goodbye to Tasmin. “You’ll be relieved to hear that he hardly talks at all.”
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A week with Peter 14/17

By Geoffrey on Mon, 11 Apr 2011

Friday Abigail was rather surprised to see Jennifer Jane’s mum arrive at the Witches’ Home soon after breakfast. Mary explained that her daughter hadn’t come home the previous night.
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A week with Peter 16/17

By Geoffrey on Tue, 12 Apr 2011

The witch snarled and threw a bolt of lightning at Abigail, which she deflected with a twiddle of her fingers.
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A week with Peter 5/17

By Geoffrey on Thu, 07 Apr 2011

Monday
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A week with Peter 6/17

By Geoffrey on Fri, 08 Apr 2011

So she went off on her own to try and find Fern. Norman pointed to the top of the brig’s mainmast in answer to her question.
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A week with Peter 9/17

By Geoffrey on Sat, 09 Apr 2011

Wednesday
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A week with Peter 11/17

By Geoffrey on Sun, 10 Apr 2011

Thursday The plan for the day was to explore the mountains that they’d seen in the distance yesterday from the giant’s castle.
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Adam and Eve 2/5

By Geoffrey on Tue, 18 Oct 2011

The Gardeners went along to the wood and because the Bells always went the other way, they turned left just to make sure that no one would see them.
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Adam and Eve 3/5

By Geoffrey on Wed, 19 Oct 2011

Eve, this time accompanied by her husband, once again took the bus to town and walked along the path which eventually led to the spot where Leah had opened the door to the alternate world.
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Adam and Eve 5/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 21 Oct 2011

That evening, at roughly the same time as Adam and Eve had arrived back at home, six red goblins met in the hills.
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Adam and Eve 1/5

By Geoffrey on Mon, 17 Oct 2011

Eve lay quietly in bed going through the events of the last two days over and over again in her mind.
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Adam and Eve 4/5

By Geoffrey on Thu, 20 Oct 2011

“’Ere wait a minute, who are you? You’re not goblins are you, how did you get down here?” Several of the customers suddenly appeared to wake up and begin to take an interest in events.
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Baby brother 2/9

By Geoffrey on Mon, 19 Sep 2011

Sir George was whistling happily to himself as he drove his horse and cart back from Lower Dene towards Lurbridge.
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Baby brother 3/9

By Geoffrey on Tue, 20 Sep 2011

Jennifer Jane had flown to Lurbridge and was sitting comfortably in the George and Dragons drinking her ginger beer.
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Baby brother 4/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 21 Sep 2011

Next morning she flew off to Lurbridge for her meeting with Sir George. She was still learning the words to Baby Brother as she went and had just got as far as: -
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Baby brother 6/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 23 Sep 2011

The next day she went off to the Witches’ Home as usual. Swotting for an exam is always hard work, so by lunchtime she was ready for another trip to Lurbridge.
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Baby brother 7/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 24 Sep 2011

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Baby brother 8/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 25 Sep 2011

The next day had been put aside for the prize giving and evening entertainment. All the parents including Dave and Mary had been invited.
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Baby brother 9/9

By Geoffrey on Mon, 26 Sep 2011

As Jennifer Jane had expected, there were two main forms of entertainment.
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Baby brother 1/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 18 Sep 2011

The Witches’ Home was unusually quiet.
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Baby brother 5/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 22 Sep 2011

The arrow that had struck George in the chest was dangling loosely. He noticed the direction of Jennifer Jane’s look and laughed.
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Barnacle Bill's tea party Part 1

By Geoffrey on Sun, 16 Jan 2011

Once they had returned from their summer holiday by the sea, the Bell family had all been busy at home, getting things straight in the house and garden.
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Barnacle Bill's tea party Part 2

By Geoffrey on Sun, 16 Jan 2011

She didn't sit there very long, for soon in the distance she could hear the jangling of a bell and the chatter of lots of voices.
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Beyond the Witches' Home 2/5

By Geoffrey on Tue, 08 Feb 2011

Esmerelda and Dulcibella sat miserably by their fire. They had a large cauldron full of water hanging from a tripod made of sticks and had been trying to get it to boil all morning.
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Beyond the Witches' Home 3/5

By Geoffrey on Wed, 09 Feb 2011

Barnacle Bill woke with a start, then he remembered where he was and relaxed. He'd had a lovely tea and then gone out onto the lawn and sat down on a deckchair to admire his paddle steamer.
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Beyond the Witches' Home 4/5

By Geoffrey on Wed, 09 Feb 2011

They all walked back to the river side of the Witches' Home and sat down on the lawn. Jennifer Jane gave a little shiver.
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Beyond the Witches' Home 5/5

By Geoffrey on Wed, 09 Feb 2011

Abigail stood up. "Come along, you two. Barnacle Bill, you can come and be a witness."
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Captain Blizzard to the rescue 1/7

By Geoffrey on Sun, 08 May 2011

Jennifer Jane was sitting quietly in a tree house at the far end of her dad’s garden.
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Captain Blizzard to the rescue 3/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 09 May 2011

“If we’re going to the rescue we may as well be on our way,” explained Blizzard, “although this cloud is very fast, it still takes us an hour to get to Scotland.”
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Captain Blizzard to the rescue 4/7

By Geoffrey on Tue, 10 May 2011

However there was still a problem. Looking round she couldn‘t feel any wind at all from any direction.
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Captain Blizzard to the rescue 5/7

By Geoffrey on Tue, 10 May 2011

She nodded happily. “It’s not much of a breeze but there’s an west wind blowing here. If I get the cloud to follow the direction, I’m certain to find the West Wind himself eventually.”
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Captain Blizzard to the rescue 6/7

By Geoffrey on Wed, 11 May 2011

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Captain Blizzard to the rescue 7/7

By Geoffrey on Wed, 11 May 2011

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Captain Blizzard to the rescue 2/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 09 May 2011

She was quite right as well. Out of the greyness above her fell one end of a rope ladder, this began swaying as if someone was climbing down towards her.
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Jennifer Jane meets the giant Part 1

By Geoffrey on Wed, 12 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane woke up with a start in the middle of the night.
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Jennifer Jane meets the giant Part 2

By Geoffrey on Wed, 12 Jan 2011

She arrived just in time for her lunch, feeling very nearly as miserable as the poor giant.
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Jennifer Jane and the snowman Part2

By Geoffrey on Thu, 13 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane and the snowman Part 1

By Geoffrey on Thu, 13 Jan 2011

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Jennifer meets the Clerk of the weather part 1

By Geoffrey on Thu, 13 Jan 2011

One beautiful sunny morning, Jennifer Jane was out in the garden playing at Hop, Skip and Jump with her shadow.
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Jennifer Jane meets the Clerk of the weather Part 2

By Geoffrey on Fri, 14 Jan 2011

Sitting up in front, guiding the cloud along, was Frosty, her very own snowman!
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Jennifer Jane's summer holiday Part 1

By Geoffrey on Fri, 14 Jan 2011

The summer holidays had come at last and dad was going to take the family down to their riverside cottage in Essex for two whole weeks.
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Jennifer Jane's summer holiday Part 2

By Geoffrey on Sat, 15 Jan 2011

It was only two days after Jennifer Jane had seen the giant when dad came home from the office and said, "I hope you've finished packing, Mary. We're going to start our holiday tomorrow."
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Jennifer Jane's summer holiday part3

By Geoffrey on Sat, 15 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane's summer holiday part 4

By Geoffrey on Sat, 15 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane watched excitedly as he lit the boiler fire with a match. Soon it was bubbling merrily and the hiss of steam began to get louder.
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Jennifer Jane and the fireworks 1/3

By Geoffrey on Mon, 17 Jan 2011

November the fifth wasn't too far away and although Jennifer Jane had been watching most carefully, it didn't look as though her Father had brought any fireworks home.
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Jennifer Jane and the fireworks 2/3

By Geoffrey on Mon, 17 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane was very grateful, but before she went she asked politely if she could have a short ride in the paddle steamer.
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Jennifer Jane and the fireworks 3/3

By Geoffrey on Mon, 17 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane's good deed 1/2

By Geoffrey on Tue, 18 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane's good deed 2/2

By Geoffrey on Tue, 18 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane remembered that she would have to cry salt tears into the pool while the giant was away. The trouble was that she had no idea how to make herself cry.
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Jennifer Jane fixes the tap 1/3

By Geoffrey on Wed, 19 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane fixes the tap 2/3

By Geoffrey on Wed, 19 Jan 2011

"Have you tried blocking up the ends of the taps?" she asked at last.
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Jennifer Jane fixes the tap 3/3

By Geoffrey on Wed, 19 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane and the dinghy race 1/4

By Geoffrey on Thu, 20 Jan 2011

"Oh, I like sailing over the sea, so let go the jibsheets and hellum alee," sang Jennifer Jane's dad.
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Jennifer Jane and the dinghy race 2/4

By Geoffrey on Thu, 20 Jan 2011

As usual, he was very pleased to see her canoe arrive in his secret harbour on Attersea Island. Jennifer Jane explained the trouble to him.
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Jennifer Jane and the dinghy race 3/4

By Geoffrey on Thu, 20 Jan 2011

All the goblin workers turned round and stared in surprise as "Drawrof" covered the last few yards to the slipway. One of them came over and helped Jennifer Jane out of her canoe.
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Jennifer Jane and the dinghy race 4/4

By Geoffrey on Fri, 21 Jan 2011

It was beginning to grow darker and over to her right she could just see a thin plume of smoke and a red light leaving Attersea Island.
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Jennifer Jane and the Wish Warehouse 1/3

By Geoffrey on Sat, 22 Jan 2011

It was a miserable autumn day. The rain was pouring down the windows and Jennifer Jane and her parents were sitting in their living room, very bored and trying to think of things to do.
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Jennifer Jane and the Wish Warehouse 2/3

By Geoffrey on Sat, 22 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane smiled politely and stepped down. "I do hope I haven't caused any trouble," she said, "but I was really trying to see Barnacle Bill."
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Jennifer Jane and the Wish Warehouse 3/3

By Geoffrey on Sat, 22 Jan 2011

A young boy of about Jennifer Jane's age suddenly came running down the path leading to the pool. "Hello, young Dave," called the giant and Barnacle Bill together.
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Jennifer Jane meets the North wind 1/3

By Geoffrey on Sun, 23 Jan 2011

Barnacle Bill was having a lovely time. He was busy showing somebody round his beautiful new paddle steamer, which was something he always enjoyed doing.
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Jennifer Jane meets the North wind 2/3

By Geoffrey on Sun, 23 Jan 2011

Well, Jennifer Jane was most interested, as you may imagine. Something wrong with the steam whistle that Barnacle Bill was so proud of?
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Jennifer Jane meets the North wind 3/3

By Geoffrey on Sun, 23 Jan 2011

"That Lieutenant Moonshine must have been watching in her crystal ball," said Jennifer Jane, "so I suppose this is where the North Wind lives." "Of course it is," whispered a voice.
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Jennifer Jane and the witch's broomstick 1/2

By Geoffrey on Tue, 25 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane and the witch's broomstick 2/2

By Geoffrey on Tue, 25 Jan 2011

"Well?" said the witch. "Easy," said Jennifer Jane, "all we have to do is go to the goblin broom maker and get you a new broom and then use one of my wishes to make it fly you home."
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Jennifer Jane and the Tooth fairy 1/6

By Geoffrey on Tue, 25 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane had a loose tooth! Have you ever had a loose tooth? Well then, you'll know exactly how she felt. She just couldn't stop jiggling it with her tongue.
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Jennifer Jane and the Tooth fairy 2/6

By Geoffrey on Wed, 26 Jan 2011

When they arrived back home Jennifer Jane couldn't wait. "Can I play in the woods for the rest of the day?" she asked. "Yes of course but remember to be home by teatime."
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Jennifer Jane and the Tooth fairy 3/6

By Geoffrey on Wed, 26 Jan 2011

He wasn't all that surprised to see her suddenly appear in his living room. After all, goblins are used to magic folk and sudden appearances by friends were not all that unusual.
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Jennifer Jane and the Tooth fairy 4/6

By Geoffrey on Wed, 26 Jan 2011

"'You see,' continued the Oldest Goblin, in his dragon voice, 'We dragons eat humans partly because they taste nice, especially the tender young ones and partly because they're full of the crunchy bit
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Jennifer Jane and the Tooth fairy 5/6

By Geoffrey on Thu, 27 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane and the Tooth fairy 6/6

By Geoffrey on Thu, 27 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane found herself alone outside a cave in the mountainside, feeling just a little bit frightened.
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Jennifer Jane and the treasure 1/5

By Geoffrey on Thu, 27 Jan 2011

"I hope tomorrow's a nice day," said Dad when he came home on Friday. "We need to tidy up the garden before winter really comes. Would you like to help me with it?"
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Jennifer Jane and the treasure 2/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 28 Jan 2011

The whole family felt excited when they went to bed that night. Jennifer Jane couldn't get to sleep for a long time but she was just beginning to drop off when she heard an unusual noise.
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Jennifer Jane and the treasure 3/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 28 Jan 2011

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Jennifer Jane and the treasure 4/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 29 Jan 2011

Clarence walked out of his cave. "What's going on out here?" he said. "Why, hello, it's that jolly nice little human gel, Jennifer Thingummy."
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Jennifer Jane and the treasure 5/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 29 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane lifted the broomstick and ran forwards. Reaching up, she started to tickle Clarence under his wings.
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The tale of Jumping Jim 1/3

By Geoffrey on Sat, 29 Jan 2011

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The tale of Jumping Jim 2/3

By Geoffrey on Sun, 30 Jan 2011

The Oldest Goblin leaned back in his chair and laughed until he cried.
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The tale of Jumping Jim 3/3

By Geoffrey on Sun, 30 Jan 2011

"Things were fine for a time but slowly humans started to invent nasty, smelly machines to do their hard work for them.
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Jennifer Jane takes to the air 1/4

By Geoffrey on Sun, 30 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane was bored. It didn't happen very often but she had been to visit the goblin village and for once, everyone was too busy to spend any time with her.
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Jennifer Jane takes to the air 2/4

By Geoffrey on Mon, 31 Jan 2011

"Help, help!" called Jennifer Jane as soon as she could. Thank goodness Dad had made her learn to swim before he allowed her out in her canoe.
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Jennifer Jane takes to the air 3/4

By Geoffrey on Mon, 31 Jan 2011

"Motor!" said the captain; "you don't have engines on real ships. Nasty, noisy, smelly things. No fear, if a ship is properly rigged and handled, you don't need engines."
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Jennifer Jane takes to the air 4/4

By Geoffrey on Mon, 31 Jan 2011

Jennifer Jane went across and got on board the steamer. The Captain came with her.
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The Witch's Apprentice 1/4

By Geoffrey on Tue, 01 Feb 2011

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The Witch's Apprentice 2/4

By Geoffrey on Tue, 01 Feb 2011

The witch turned out to be Abigail. She flew up close to the giant and hovered level with his shoulder, then she held out her hand to Jennifer Jane.
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The Witch's Apprentice 3/4

By Geoffrey on Tue, 01 Feb 2011

It was nearly dark inside but there was a small red lamp shining just inside the door.
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The Witch's Apprentice 4/4

By Geoffrey on Wed, 02 Feb 2011

"Now let's go inside and see if we can make friends again with Lieutenant Moonshine," said Abigail and Jennifer Jane followed her through the door.
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The Motorway Protest 1/7

By Geoffrey on Wed, 02 Feb 2011

"Good heavens! They're going to build a motorway right behind our house." Dad handed the local paper to his wife
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The Motorway Protest 2/7

By Geoffrey on Wed, 02 Feb 2011

The roadworks continued very slowly because the Clerk of the Weather kept the rain falling day and night. Jennifer Jane kept asking her Dad what was happening.
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The Motorway Protest 3/7

By Geoffrey on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

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The Motorway Protest 4/7

By Geoffrey on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

A bright red dragon came out of the cave to watch. Jennifer Jane looked at her carefully.
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The Motorway Protest 5/7

By Geoffrey on Thu, 03 Feb 2011

When they arrived, everything had changed. Nearly everybody had gone and there was just a circle of seven witches facing each other, pointing to the middle of the circle and wiggling their fingers.
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The Motorway Protest 6/7

By Geoffrey on Fri, 04 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane couldn't wait until the following weekend, but at last it was Saturday. She went right through the wood to see for herself how the work was progressing.
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Jennifer Jane and the Motorway Protest 7/7

By Geoffrey on Fri, 04 Feb 2011

The giant came over to Abigail slowly and carefully, looking down to make sure he didn't tread on anybody. "How can I help, ma'am?"
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Jennifer Jane and the Crown Jewels 1/6

By Geoffrey on Fri, 04 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane was looking through a bundle of old drawings in the museum. Her Father had gone to visit his friend and had taken her to London with him.
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Jennifer Jane and the Crown Jewels 2/6

By Geoffrey on Sat, 05 Feb 2011

Clarence came out of his cave. "Can't a chap get some sleep round here?" he asked. "You're not due for another week yet."
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Jennifer Jane and the Crown Jewels 3/6

By Geoffrey on Sat, 05 Feb 2011

The play went splendidly. The crown was thrown to the floor two nights running with a very satisfactory thud.
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Jennifer Jane and the Crown Jewels 4/6

By Geoffrey on Sat, 05 Feb 2011

A large red dragon's head popped out of the cave mouth. "What's all this hello Clarence, then? Oh, I might have guessed. Hello, Jennifer bach."
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Jennifer Jane and the Crown Jewels 5/6

By Geoffrey on Sun, 06 Feb 2011

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Jennifer Jane and the Crown Jewels 6/6

By Geoffrey on Sun, 06 Feb 2011

"Well, I'll be blowed," said the Giant, "heard of white dragons, of course but blessed if I ever thought I'd see one. Come from furrin parts, they do."
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The Party 1/5

By Geoffrey on Sun, 06 Feb 2011

"Now don't you forget," said Dad, "you tell your friends that we're having a party for them next Saturday afternoon. I'll be very disappointed if they don't all come."
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The Party 2/5

By Geoffrey on Mon, 07 Feb 2011

They were soon on the lawn behind the home. An apprentice witch came across as Jennifer Jane jumped down from the cloud. "Can I help you?" she asked.
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The Party 3/5

By Geoffrey on Mon, 07 Feb 2011

By the time Saturday arrived, Dad had bought lots of paper plates and cups, put up trestle tables at the end of the garden and borrowed two more barbecue sets from his friends, "to feed the five thous
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The Party 4/5

By Geoffrey on Mon, 07 Feb 2011

Some of the sailors came into the circle and Barnacle Bill started playing a hornpipe. While the sailors danced, everyone else clapped in time to the music.
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The Party 5/5

By Geoffrey on Tue, 08 Feb 2011

A moment later, Jennifer Jane ran out of the wood. "Here I am," she called. Everyone looked round and applauded.
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The adopton of Cyril 1/4

By Geoffrey on Thu, 10 Feb 2011

Tornak the Terrible sat in his cave, trying to make his son finish his breakfast. "If you don't eat it all up, you'll never grow up big and strong like me.
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The adoption of Cyril 2/3

By Geoffrey on Thu, 10 Feb 2011

The witch on guard duty at the Witches’ Home looked out of the gatehouse window and yawned. Nothing exciting ever happened.
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The adoption of Cyril 3/4

By Geoffrey on Thu, 10 Feb 2011

Cyril smiled happily. "Much better than peasants," he lisped. Suddenly he sat down with a most surprised expression on his face and hiccupped. A flame about a foot long shot out of each nostril.
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The adoption of Cyril 4/4

By Geoffrey on Fri, 11 Feb 2011

"My name's Cyril and I've just learnt to flame this afternoon," said Cyril proudly.
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The taming of Tornak the Terrible 1/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 11 Feb 2011

John always looked forward to Wednesday because that was his day to be on dragon watch.
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The taming of Tornak the Terrible 2/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 11 Feb 2011

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The taming of Tornak the Terrible 3/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 12 Feb 2011

The little group walked along the path towards the bridge. As they arrived, Esmerelda pushed Jennifer Jane to the front.
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The taming of Tornak the terrible 4/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 12 Feb 2011

John the woodcutter was having a day he would remember and talk about for the rest of his life.
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The taming of Tornak the Terrible 5/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 12 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane explained that dragons only needed to eat people to keep their fires alight, so that they could guard their treasure.
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The last of Lurgin 1/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 13 Feb 2011

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The last of Lurgin 2/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 13 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane had decided to spend the morning visiting Megan to see how Cyril was getting on.
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The last of Lurgin 3/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 13 Feb 2011

The Knight in question was plodding along the road to the village at Lurgin's Bridge. He was deep in thought and as usual, his horse was whinnying and neighing a lot.
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The last of Lurgin 4/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 14 Feb 2011

Jack had recovered from the first shock of seeing a real live dragon and couldn't really believe that Clarence wouldn't let him go, so he was happily sketching various items of treasure, while Clarenc
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The last of Lurgin 5/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 14 Feb 2011

For the first time that anyone could remember, there were two witches on duty in the guardhouse at the Gate. Something very strange was happening.
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The last of Lurgin 6/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 14 Feb 2011

"I think you ought to take Jennifer Jane home and see what's going on at the Wish Warehouse, while you're at it," said the senior witch. "I'll get some of the apprentices to repair the drawbridge.
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The last of Lurgin 7/7

By Geoffrey on Tue, 15 Feb 2011

Jack was getting really worried. It seemed that Clarence was quite serious about not letting him return home.
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Fred moves in 1/4

By Geoffrey on Tue, 15 Feb 2011

The day that was to change the environment of Scotland started ordinarily enough. Breakfast was nearly over in Jennifer Jane's house.
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Fred moves in 2/4

By Geoffrey on Tue, 15 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane had already made up her mind about finding the strange dragon.
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Fred moves in 3/4

By Geoffrey on Wed, 16 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane climbed up on his back and wished for a wide path leading to the giants' pool.
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Fred moves in 4/4

By Geoffrey on Wed, 16 Feb 2011

"Gosh what a story," said Fred," are you sure it's all for me?"
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Forget me Knott settles down 1/5

By Geoffrey on Wed, 16 Feb 2011

1313 Knott, F.M. Corporal, late of the Wish Warehouse sat on her suitcase sobbing quietly.
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Forget me Knott settles down 2/5

By Geoffrey on Thu, 17 Feb 2011

Then things started to happen rather quickly. The current pushed in between the boat and the quayside just as Barnacle Bill had intended and the paddle steamer spun round.
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Forget me Knott settles down 3/5

By Geoffrey on Thu, 17 Feb 2011

"It's much easier on a boat," said Abigail, "you can't afford to make mistakes, especially on a dark and stormy night," she added with a grin.
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Forget me Knott settles down 4/5

By Geoffrey on Thu, 17 Feb 2011

At the end of the third day, the paddle steamer approached a coastline and Barnacle Bill stopped the engines while Fern went up on the foredeck and dropped the anchor.
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Forget me Knott settles down 5/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 18 Feb 2011

"Full ahead," called Barnacle Bill.
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Sir George in Spain 1/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 18 Feb 2011

Abigail was really excited about her first job as a journey-woman. She had been given a very unusual and important task to perform.
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Sir George in Spain 2/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 18 Feb 2011

Sir George was feeling depressed. He was still riding in search of adventure, looking for wrongs to right and dragons to slay, but everywhere he went, the story was the same.
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Sir George in Spain 3/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 19 Feb 2011

The horse was having much the same thoughts. "Just looking for trouble as usual, and guess who has to do all the hard work.
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Sir George in Spain 4/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 19 Feb 2011

His horse started to neigh and whinny as they continued together up the path towards the top of the hill.
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Sir George in Spain 5/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 19 Feb 2011

Sir George relaxed and after a small first bite, ate his swiss roll with great enthusiasm.
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Sir George goes home 1/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 20 Feb 2011

After leaving Abigail, George rode Northwards across open country for several days. Although he couldn't speak Spanish, he found the local farmers very helpful.
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Sir George goes home 2/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 20 Feb 2011

"Perhaps they have need of my assistance," he said, "adventure at last in this strange land."
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Sir George goes home 3/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 20 Feb 2011

The Great Alfredo, owner and ring master of Alfredo's Amazing Circus, (afternoon performances Wednesday and Saturday, children half price), sat miserably on the steps of his caravan with his chin in
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Sir George goes home 4/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 21 Feb 2011

"Please Dad can we go to the circus this afternoon?" asked Jennifer Jane.
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Sir Georger goes home 5/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 21 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane spotted George leading his horse over to the tent which was used as a stable. "Sir George," she called, "wait a minute, it's Jennifer Jane."
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Sir George goes home 6/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 21 Feb 2011

Framed in the entrance to the tent was the massive figure of a knight on horseback in full armour. The plume in his helmet nodding slightly in the breeze from outside the tent.
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Sir George goes home 7/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 22 Feb 2011

The sailing season was over, holidays had finished and Jennifer Jane was back at school. Everything at home had settled into the normal routine.
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Sir George goes home 8/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 22 Feb 2011

"I wish it could," replied Jennifer Jane with a smile.
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The making of a sailor 1/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 22 Feb 2011

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The making of a sailor 2/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

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The making of a sailor 3/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

"Morning Norman, I always forget that first bend into the creek," said Jonah with a happy smile. He looked curiously at Fern. "Fairies in the yard now?" he asked.
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The making of a sailor 4/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 23 Feb 2011

Fern went aboard the Black Cat early next morning and made herself a comfortable space in the sail locker. Then she went ashore to thank Norman for letting her go on such an exciting trip.
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The making of a sailor 5/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 24 Feb 2011

As the boat grounded, Fern and the other goblins jumped out and held her steady.
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The making of a sailor 6/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 24 Feb 2011

From that time onwards Fern stood her turn at the wheel and soon became quite confident in handling the Black Cat.
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The making of a sailor 7/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 24 Feb 2011

Fern was in for some more surprises. Walking along the pier towards the Black Cat was an ordinary looking human.
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The making of a sailor 8/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 25 Feb 2011

But the next morning there was a thick fog over the river. "Can't set sail in this weather, we wouldn't be able to tell when we'd reached the magic fog and then we'd not be able to get home."
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The making of a sailor 9/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 25 Feb 2011

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The making of a sailor 10/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 25 Feb 2011

The Black Cat set sail the next morning in clear sunshine and had soon passed through the magic fog to the Therdle estuary.
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The third world 1/10

By Geoffrey on Sat, 26 Feb 2011

Esmerelda and Dulcibella were going to try out a new sort of magic. "One of them finger twiddles like that lot do up at the Gate"
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The third world 2/10

By Geoffrey on Sat, 26 Feb 2011

"It's not like Jennifer Jane to be late," said her mother, "she promised she'd be home in time for dinner today."
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The third world 3/10

By Geoffrey on Sat, 26 Feb 2011

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The third world 5/10

By Geoffrey on Sun, 27 Feb 2011

"Any luck?" asked Mary. "Not this time, but I think I know how to check if the alignment of the frame is correct without having to go through and check each time."
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The third world 6/10

By Geoffrey on Sun, 27 Feb 2011

Jennifer Jane followed Mary and Dave into the kitchen. She was sure now that they were not her real parents and that she must be in a parallel world much like her own home.
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The third world 7/10

By Geoffrey on Mon, 28 Feb 2011

Next morning dawned bright and sunny with a nice sailing breeze from the west. Jennifer Jane washed, put on her own clothes and ran up to the sea wall to look at the water.
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The third world 8/10

By Geoffrey on Mon, 28 Feb 2011

Back at the Witches' Home, Abigail was discussing plans for tomorrow with Jennifer Jane's Mum and Dad. She described the park with the swings and boating pond.
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The third world 9/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 01 Mar 2011

Mary and Dave spent the rest of the day looking round the Witches' Home. They heard the story of how Lurgin was killed and were given a splinter of wood from the original drawbridge as a souvenir.
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The third world 10/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 01 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane woke up on Monday morning feeling excited. Her 'parents' had invited Jack from the museum and a scientist friend to try and help her return to her real home.
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The Rules of Combat 1/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 01 Mar 2011

William the blacksmith from the village of Hetherside, whistled happily as he walked into the Boneswood.
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The rules of combat 2/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 02 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane was enjoying herself doing her homework. She was reading a copy of 'The Manual of Witchcraft Vol.1. Apprenticeship’.
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The rules of combat 3/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 02 Mar 2011

"Good morning," she said. "Hello deary," said the little old lady, "would you like to buy one of my juicy red apples?" "No thanks I've only just had breakfast."
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The rules of combat 4/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 03 Mar 2011

One of the senior witches came to meet her as she walked across the lawn from the paddle steamer.
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The rules of combat 5/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 03 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane crossed over while the owner of the voice was still speaking and had a quick peep under the arch. A troll was there all right, reading aloud from a printed sheet of paper.
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The rules of combat 6/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 04 Mar 2011

George found the villagers of Hetherside living in fear as they always had before the dragons’ conversion to eating coal.
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The rules of combat 7/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 04 Mar 2011

"Well blow me down," said Jennifer Jane's Dad, looking out of the kitchen window where he was washing up the breakfast dishes. Riding along the back garden towards the house was a man on horseback.
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The rules of combat 8/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 04 Mar 2011

A few days later Jennifer Jane took her Dad's drawing and went through the Witches' Home to the George and Dragons. "I don't think much of your new troll," she said to the landlord.
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The rules of combat 9/10

By Geoffrey on Sat, 05 Mar 2011

George waved to the cheering villagers of Hetherside for the second time in a week, as he rode through on his way to fight the witch.
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The rules of combat 10/10

By Geoffrey on Sat, 05 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane had left the blacksmith at Lurgin's bridge and gone to talk to the troll. She went down the riverbank and looked under the bridge. "Hello Gordon," she said.
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The day nothing much happened 1/4

By Geoffrey on Sat, 05 Mar 2011

"Wow, look at these new jambing cleats!" Jennifer Jane's Dad passed round the latest yachting magazine to show the family.
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The day nothing much happened 2/4

By Geoffrey on Sun, 06 Mar 2011

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The day nothing much happened 3/4

By Geoffrey on Sun, 06 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane's Mum stood still, wondering how she ought to go about making a wish. 'I want to meet the Tooth Fairy,' she thought but nothing happened.
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The day nothing much happened 4/4

By Geoffrey on Mon, 07 Mar 2011

Mary was most relieved that Lieutenant Moonshine had cheered up again and seemed to think that her idea was good one. However her surprises for the day were not over yet.
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The pirates of Attersea 1/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 08 Mar 2011

"Come to order please." The Chairman of the Davy Jones' Shipping Company banged his gavel on the table to emphasise the point and the babble of conversation round the table stopped.
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The pirates of Attersea 2/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 09 Mar 2011

"My turn to wish," said Dave, "I always enjoy this bit. We want to go to the Th..Ther....Therd.....elchoo," he sneezed, "oh drat I hope they heard that alright at the Wish Warehouse."
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The pirates of Attersea 3/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 09 Mar 2011

"Tea all round and a piece of cake," said Mary, as she went forward into the cabin.
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The pirates of Attersea 4/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 10 Mar 2011

The schooner continued for fifty yards or so while the goblin crew argued on her deck. Then she swung round onto the same course as Dave's boat and quickly came up alongside.
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The pirates of Attersea 5/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 10 Mar 2011

The schooner continued sailing north for the rest of the day. The brig had slowly fallen behind and then given up the chase and turned away southwards.
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The pirates of Attersea 6/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 10 Mar 2011

Dave was carrying a shopping bag in one hand, and an outboard engine in the other. He also had a big smile on his face as he came back over the drawbridge to rejoin Abigail and Jennifer Jane.
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The pirates of Attersea 7/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 11 Mar 2011

"Now then, I'll do all the wishing so that there's no more mistakes,” said Abigail. "Therdle river in this world please. Never hurts to be polite", she added.
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The pirates of Attersea 8/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 11 Mar 2011

Dave motored past them again and went up the creek until he could see the boatyard. Two whalers full of goblin workmen were waiting for him to appear.
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The pirate cannon 1/7

By Geoffrey on Fri, 11 Mar 2011

Abigail had left the Bell family to try and think of a way to find the persons responsible for supplying the pirates with their cannon.
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The pirate cannon 2/7

By Geoffrey on Sat, 12 Mar 2011

Dave was sailing the lugger Misty Magic down the Therdle to the goblin boatyard. He smiled as he passed over the mudflat at the creek entrance, remembering the recent battle with the pirates.
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The pirate cannon 3/7

By Geoffrey on Sat, 12 Mar 2011

Mary left Abigail and Jennifer Jane to have their chat and went through the Witches' Home and over the drawbridge.
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The pirate cannon 4/7

By Geoffrey on Sun, 13 Mar 2011

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The pirate cannon 6/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 14 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane suddenly remembered the main reason for the family's day out. "Could you make cannons?" she asked.
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The pirate cannon 7/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 14 Mar 2011

Abigail sat back in her chair with a smile. "How about another cup of tea and a round of chocolate swiss rolls, or perhaps Mary would like to make us a cherry cake!"
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The Magician's lecture 1/7

By Geoffrey on Thu, 17 Mar 2011

"Well done," said Abigail, "that's the lot. Now if you'd like to go upstairs to the Refectory and get us both a cup of tea and something to eat, I'll tidy up down here."
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The Magician's lecture 2/7

By Geoffrey on Fri, 18 Mar 2011

He waited as some of the passengers helped her climb on board and then picked them all up and strode off towards Lurgin's Bridge and the Witches' Home.
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The Magician's lecture 3/7

By Geoffrey on Fri, 18 Mar 2011

Abigail was nearly as excited as Jennifer Jane.
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The Magician's lecture 4/7

By Geoffrey on Sat, 19 Mar 2011

Abigail looked round at the Home. Her apprentice was quite right, impossible though it seemed. The countryside beyond the castle looked strange as well.
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The magician's lecture 5/7

By Geoffrey on Sat, 19 Mar 2011

The horse with his double load, trotted along the path towards the giant's castle. As he approached Tornak's cave Tasmin popped her head out to see who was coming by.
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The Magician's lecture 6/7

By Geoffrey on Sun, 20 Mar 2011

Chaos reigned at the Wish Warehouse. The crystal ball that was used to check the effect of important spells, had become cloudy so that nothing could be seen.
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The magician's lecture 7/7

By Geoffrey on Sun, 20 Mar 2011

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The wizard's revenge 1/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 22 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane had been kept indoors by her Mother until she'd tidied her room.
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The wizard's revenge 2/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 22 Mar 2011

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The wizard's revenge 3/11

By Geoffrey on Wed, 23 Mar 2011

Very early the next morning the Skipper banged on Fern's door. "Tide turns in half an hour, on deck and look lively now!"
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The wizard's revenge 4/11

By Geoffrey on Wed, 23 Mar 2011

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The wizard's revenge 5/11

By Geoffrey on Thu, 24 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane followed her captor onto the deck. Another man in a blue uniform and peaked cap smothered with braid came to meet them. “This the kid?” he asked.
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The wizard's revenge 6/11

By Geoffrey on Thu, 24 Mar 2011

Jennifer Jane didn’t need to be told twice. She ran down to the quayside and away from the ships as quickly as she could. She had to walk for some distance, before she saw what she was looking for.
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The wizard's revenge 7/11

By Geoffrey on Fri, 25 Mar 2011

Back at the George and Dragons the crowd were dispersing sadly.
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The wizard's reevenge 8/11

By Geoffrey on Fri, 25 Mar 2011

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The wizard's revenge 9/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 26 Mar 2011

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The wizard's revenge 10/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 26 Mar 2011

She had to wait until nine o'clock the next morning for the 'taxi' to arrive. It turned out to be a pony and trap. Thank goodness it had stopped raining and looked like being a nice day.
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The wizard's revenge 11/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 27 Mar 2011

'Very few things in this life are ever straightforward,' her parents had told her, on more than one occasion. The situation before her as she turned the corner proved the truth of this statement.
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The second attempt 1/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 29 Mar 2011

'Boring isn't really the right word', Jennifer Jane thought to herself.
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The second attempt 2/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 30 Mar 2011

Half an hour later she paddled out of the fog into the Therdle. She could see no signs of life as she neared the harbour where Barnacle Bill kept his paddle steamer.
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The second attempt 3/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 30 Mar 2011

The dinghy foamed along against the tide and once they were level with the coastguard cottage Fern crossed the river to the opposite bank.
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The second attempt 4/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 31 Mar 2011

The next morning, Jennifer Jane helped tidy the boat to get her ready for sailing again. She was so obviously enjoying herself that Fern took pity on her.
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The second attempt 5/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 31 Mar 2011

The entire crew of the good ship Jayjay strolled into the town. Both members were happily window shopping when Jennifer Jane spotted a poster.
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The second attempt 6/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 31 Mar 2011

A roll of drums from the band brought two men into the ring carrying a circular glass table on a pedestal stand. As they ran off there was a flash and a bang.
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The second attempt 7/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 01 Apr 2011

Fern could see Jennifer Jane's figure quite clearly through the translucent panels of the box.
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The second attempt 8/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 01 Apr 2011

Dave and Mary had just settled themselves for their night time drinks before going to bed, when there was a knock on the kitchen door.
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The chain of coincidences 1/11

By Geoffrey on Fri, 01 Apr 2011

As usual on a Wednesday morning, the 'Holmwood Advertiser' arrived on the doormat of the Bell household as well as the daily papers.
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The chain of coincidences 2/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 02 Apr 2011

Malcolm the wizard sat gloomily on the steps of his caravan eating fish and chips. Two weeks ago he'd been famous in a small way as 'Mephisto the Magnificent'.
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The chain of coincidences 3/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 02 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane ran excitedly along the forest path leading to the goblin village.
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The chain of coincidences 4/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 02 Apr 2011

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The chain of coincidences 5/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 03 Apr 2011

"Thought so, those cakes must have been produced by conjuring. Very clever sleight of hand but it doesn't prove anything," said Professor Edwards.
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The chain of coincidences 6/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 03 Apr 2011

Malcolm the wizard was feeling a lot happier. He thought he'd solved the problem of the re-appearing brat.
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The chain of coincidences 8/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 04 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane woke up with a thumping headache. She opened her eyes and wondered where on earth she could be.
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The chain of coincidences 9/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 04 Apr 2011

Just before the twenty minutes were up, a small shiny vehicle came along the concrete towards her. It was very different from the cars that she'd seen on her previous visit.
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The chain of coincidences 10/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 04 Apr 2011

Peter looked round curiously. "I've never seen so many trees in all my life. The air smells different somehow as well." Jennifer Jane led him along the path to the giant's pool.
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The chain of coincidences 11/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 05 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane grabbed a roll of self-adhesive tape from one of the kitchen drawers, ran out into the garden and wrapped layers of tape round his fingers and hands, at the same time tying his wrists to
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There's no place like home 1/9

By Geoffrey on Tue, 12 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane sat with her chin in her hands, gloomily watching the rain pour down.
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There's no place like home 2/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 13 Apr 2011

“Whatever is the matter?” she asked.
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There's no place like home 3/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 13 Apr 2011

“The goblins at home have asked me if I can help them feed the local giant, I thought an enlarging box similar to the one made for the giant in the alternate world would be the answer.
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There's no place like home 4/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 13 Apr 2011

Two weeks later the great day arrived. Abigail had returned from her travels and came to see her apprentice in action.
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There's no place like home 5/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 14 Apr 2011

The next day Jennifer Jane was kept busy at home and wasn’t able to visit the giant until the early afternoon. As she approached the pool she was expecting to hear him crying contentedly.
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There's no place like home 6/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 14 Apr 2011

“That’s an unusual name for a witch!”
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There's no place like home 7/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 15 Apr 2011

Fundin eventually turned up three days later.
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There's no place like home 8/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 15 Apr 2011

It was another three days before Jennifer Jane was able to visit the giant again. After all, she had a lot of homework to catch up with!
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Star polishing 1/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 16 Apr 2011

The witch on guard duty at the Witches’ Home looked round as Jennifer Jane came in from the courtyard.
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Star polishing 3/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 17 Apr 2011

Esmerelda put out the fire, which wasn’t too difficult since it never burned very well in any case and then had a careful look round before leaving.
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Star polishing 4/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 17 Apr 2011

The next day her parents kept her busy, so she wasn’t able to find the time to have a better look at Esme’s cottage.
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Star polishing 5/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 18 Apr 2011

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By Geoffrey on Mon, 18 Apr 2011

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Star polishing 7/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 19 Apr 2011

She went back to the inn and waited outside until she caught the landlord’s eye. She didn’t want to make any more fuss in case the officer of the Watch was still there.
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Star polishing 8/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 19 Apr 2011

“I didn’t think you had,” replied Richard, “my wife thought it peculiar that you suddenly turned up wearing those strange clothes, asking for a job.”
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Star polishing 9/11

By Geoffrey on Wed, 20 Apr 2011

Several loud bangs woke her the next morning. She sat up with a start and then relaxed as she realised where she was. Work for her didn’t start at seven o’clock this morning!
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Star polishing 10/11

By Geoffrey on Wed, 20 Apr 2011

Jennifer Jane followed the two witches as they folded their deckchairs and carried their bags up the beach towards the cottage. Esme opened the front gate and let her through first.
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Star polishing 11/11

By Geoffrey on Thu, 21 Apr 2011

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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 1/13

By Geoffrey on Thu, 21 Apr 2011

A tremendous crash and then the sound of rushing water above her head woke Jennifer Jane with a start. Then she relaxed as she remembered she was aboard a Davy Jones brig on its trial run.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 2/13

By Geoffrey on Fri, 22 Apr 2011

By the time she’d found her cabin and looked out of the porthole, the brig had rounded the point and was entering the main river.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 3/13

By Geoffrey on Fri, 22 Apr 2011

It was quite late the next day, before she was allowed on deck. The captain was busy talking to the mate and just told Fern to ‘Show the kid over the ship.’
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 4/13

By Geoffrey on Sat, 23 Apr 2011

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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 5/13

By Geoffrey on Sat, 23 Apr 2011

Once the boat and its crew were back on board the Mary Belle, the captain took one look at the cork and sent Fern down to his cabin to fetch a corkscrew.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 6/13

By Geoffrey on Sun, 24 Apr 2011

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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 7/13

By Geoffrey on Sun, 24 Apr 2011

It was surprisingly easy to make progress. She soon found a rather narrow but well-defined path, leading towards the mountain.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 9/13

By Geoffrey on Mon, 25 Apr 2011

Fern watched as Jennifer Jane walked across the beach and entered the jungle. “I suppose she’ll be alright,” said the captain.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 8/13

By Geoffrey on Mon, 25 Apr 2011

She sat down and began to eat her sandwiches while she was waiting. She tried to question Fred about the purpose of the dragons meeting, but he didn’t seem to be too sure himself.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 10/13

By Geoffrey on Mon, 25 Apr 2011

They were all back at work early the next morning. The crew turned the brig so that the bow pointed towards the shore, then laid out two anchors from the stern.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 11/13

By Geoffrey on Tue, 26 Apr 2011

Barnacle Bill was worn out and so thirsty he couldn’t talk properly. After he’d had a drink, Fern helped him to his feet, then picked him up and carried him to the boat.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 12/13

By Geoffrey on Tue, 26 Apr 2011

The voyage home went smoothly after that. Barnacle Bill took Jennifer Jane and one of the sailors from the brig to help him sail his paddle steamer, following in the brig’s wake.
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The maiden voyage of the Mary Belle 13/13

By Geoffrey on Wed, 27 Apr 2011

As soon as Fern mentioned her father, Jennifer Jane began smiling happily.
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Dragon Games 1/4

By Geoffrey on Wed, 27 Apr 2011

A dragon stood on the rim of an extinct volcano crater, watching the brig Mary Belle, closely followed by a paddle steamer; leave the island where Barnacle Bill had recently been cast ashore.
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Dragon Games 2/4

By Geoffrey on Thu, 28 Apr 2011

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Dragon Games 3/4

By Geoffrey on Thu, 28 Apr 2011

Because of the delay caused by the need to re-float Barnacle Bill’s paddle steamer, the dragons only had two days left for their holiday before returning to their treasure guarding.
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Dragon Games 4/4

By Geoffrey on Fri, 29 Apr 2011

The dragons waited until the tide was half way out before starting the competition to see which of them could flame the furthest distance.
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The Witches of Holmwood 1/7

By Geoffrey on Sun, 01 May 2011

“Wrap one piece of newspaper round each plate, then stack the plates and give them to your father.”
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The Witches of Holmwood 2/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 02 May 2011

Eve noticed both Jennifer Jane and her mum’s surprise. “Dressing up clothes for amateur dramatics,” she explained, “is there a group in the village?”
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The Witches of Holmwood 3/7

By Geoffrey on Mon, 02 May 2011

The feeling that the new neighbours were a little unusual soon left Jennifer Jane’s mind. A new thought came into her head the next morning when she woke up.
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The Witches of Holmwood 4/7

By Geoffrey on Tue, 03 May 2011

After breakfast Dave did the washing up as usual, all the while complaining about the difficulty of getting a decent edge on mum’s knives.
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The Witches of Holmwood 5/7

By Geoffrey on Tue, 03 May 2011

There wasn’t really anything that Jennifer Jane could do to help her dad, as he began putting the grinding wheel stand back together.
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The Witches of Holmwood 6 /7

By Geoffrey on Wed, 04 May 2011

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The Witches of Holmwood 7/7

By Geoffrey on Wed, 04 May 2011

The cloud arrived at the Bell home long before Abigail Everyone thanked Frosty for his help and he flew off back to the Wish Warehouse.
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Happy Valley 1/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 05 May 2011

With the whole of the Bell family aboard, the lugger Misty Magic sailed out of the transport fog and headed for the Witches’ Home quayside.
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Happy Valley 2/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 05 May 2011

The spell turned out to be one of the simplest that Jennifer Jane had ever seen.
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Happy Valley 3/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 06 May 2011

“Probably a goblin, or maybe mum’s coming back to find out where we’ve got to.” They were both wrong. The footsteps turned out to belong to Eve, their new next door neighbour.
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Happy Valley 4/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 06 May 2011

The next day Jennifer Jane went by herself to the Witches’ Home to admire her new outfit. She first had a word with Abigail but found that Megan’s egg wasn’t expected to hatch for some time.
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Happy Valley 6/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 07 May 2011

“I’m not a goblin at all, I’m a witch from the Gate near Lurgin’s bridge.”
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Happy Valley 7/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 07 May 2011

She did her best to try and sleep on the floor, with her head resting on her bicycle saddle and must have dropped off, because the next morning her plan for escape was firmly in her head.
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Happy Valley 5/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 07 May 2011

Jennifer Jane climbed back on her broom and wished the man good luck in his new home. She flew off thinking that it would probably be just as well to keep out of his way for some time.
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Happy Valley 8/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 08 May 2011

At last she could see the Witches’ Home in the distance. The wind was blowing her first one way and then the other, but in general terms she seemed to be heading for Timber creek.
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Summer school 1/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 11 May 2011

“I know it wasn’t very kind to the poor girl, but it really was rather funny.”
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Summer school 2/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 12 May 2011

The witch in charge made a short speech of welcome and then dismissed the students.
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Summer school 3/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 12 May 2011

After breakfast the following morning, all the apprentices were told to assemble outside the broom shed for a check on the condition of their flying brooms. Jennifer Jane put up her hand.
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Summer school 4/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 13 May 2011

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Summer school 5/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 13 May 2011

“Fetch your brooms please,” called the teacher, “this will be a lesson in flight control and navigation.”
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Summer school 6/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 14 May 2011

From then onwards the trip home was easy; after all she’d only recently made the same flight, when she’d floated back to the home a few weeks back. What a bit of luck!
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Summer school 7/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 14 May 2011

From that moment onwards time seemed to pass uneventfully, although Jennifer Jane eventually noticed that it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to answer any questions put to the class.
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Summer school 8/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 14 May 2011

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Summer school 9/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 15 May 2011

That evening Abigail came to see Jennifer Jane just as the apprentices were tidying their books away at the end of the homework period.
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The trouble with elves 1/10

By Geoffrey on Sun, 15 May 2011

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The trouble with elves 2/10

By Geoffrey on Mon, 16 May 2011

Jennifer Jane was packing up ready to go home after the summer school had finished. There seemed to be a lot more than she’d brought when she’d arrived a fortnight ago.
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The trouble with elves 3/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 17 May 2011

“Pleased to meet you,” Jennifer Jane said in a rather shaky voice, she was beginning to feel quite worried now. “How can I help you?”
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The trouble with elves 4/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 17 May 2011

Jennifer Jane laughed quietly, it sounded as if Gordon was getting used to his job as the village bridge keeper.
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The trouble with elves 5/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 18 May 2011

Thankfully her request to go to the fog in the Therdle worked normally and she was soon flying up the stream towards Wilfred and his pool.
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The trouble with elves 6/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 18 May 2011

Wilfred still didn’t notice her as she flew past him for the second time, on her way back to the fog.
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The trouble with elves 7/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 19 May 2011

An apprentice witch was called and told to take her to the senior witch on duty for the day.
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The trouble with elves 8/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 19 May 2011

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The trouble with elves 9/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 20 May 2011

Abigail and Mary flew off to the Witches’ Home where Eroin and his mother had been sent. It took them about two hours and Mary began to complain about feeling uncomfortable.
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The trouble with elves 10/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 20 May 2011

Everyone crowded on to Abigail’s broom. “Hold on,” she said, “I’m going to use the instant travel spell. It’s safe enough when you’re as familiar with the Home as I am!”
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Open day at the Witches' Home 1/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 24 May 2011

Eve was standing at one of her upstairs windows looking down into the Bell's garden. “Adam, come here a moment will you?” she called, before going down stairs to wait for him to come indoors.
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Open day at the Witches' Home 2/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 25 May 2011

For the next day or two, Eve found the time to go to the woods as soon as she saw Jennifer Jane walking along her garden.
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Open day at the Witches' Home 3/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 25 May 2011

She didn’t have to wait too long. To her surprise both Jennifer Jane and her father turned up, pushing a battered old motor scooter with a large lumpy bag on the rider’s platform.
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Open day at the Witches' Home 4/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 26 May 2011

“Hey Dulce, how about going to this open day thing over at the Gate, should be a bit of a lark!” “Yers, rightyho”
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Open day at the Witches' Home 5/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 26 May 2011

Eve watched through a narrow space between the partly open cabin doors.
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Open day at the Witches' Home 6/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 27 May 2011

Dulcibella had been looking at Eve closely; all the while she and Esme had been talking. “Ever seen a dragon? she asked suddenly.
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Open day at the Witches' Home 7/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 27 May 2011

“Hello you two, I see you’ve brought a friend with you today. I haven’t met you before have I? My name’s Tasmin, what should I call you?”
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Open day at the Witches' Home 8/10

By Geoffrey on Sat, 28 May 2011

Once again, she nearly fell off the broom in shock, as they flew straight through the huge open doorway and landed on a large flat wooden area just inside.
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Open day at the Witches' Home 9/10

By Geoffrey on Sat, 28 May 2011

The witch happened to be Abigail who had hurried back from one of her journey-woman assignments to help out with the open day arrangements.
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Open day at the Witches' Home 10/10

By Geoffrey on Sun, 29 May 2011

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The 75th Magic Show 1/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 29 May 2011

Towing her canoe on its trolley behind her, Jennifer Jane walked along the woodland paths, on her way to Wilfred’s pool.
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The 75th Magic Show 2/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 30 May 2011

The flying carpet whizzed along the stream towards the fog, flying just above the treetops. Just as they reached the end of the trees, Polly tapped Robert on the shoulder and pointed down.
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The 75th Magic Show 3/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 30 May 2011

When she arrived at the Home, Abigail was waiting for her and was nearly as excited as she was. “Can’t wait to try out your latest contraption,” she said, “can I drive?”
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The 75th Magic Show 4/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 31 May 2011

Jennifer Jane and Abigail walked over to the travelator. It was rather like an escalator in a large store, only it went along the ground.
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The 75th Magic Show 5/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 31 May 2011

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The 75th Magic Show 6/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 01 Jun 2011

They continued wandering round the show.
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The 75th Magic Show 7/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 01 Jun 2011

“E.O.G. Mary, E.O.G!”
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The 75th Magic Show 8/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 02 Jun 2011

It was quite fun sailing on an old fashioned fishing boat. There was a fresh breeze blowing, but even so, the boat was moving very slowly in Jennifer Jane’s opinion.
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The Imposter 1/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 02 Jun 2011

It was Mary Bell’s turn to have a coffee morning. Her next door neighbour was chatting away happily.
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The Imposter 2/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 03 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane unrolled her gift wondering what on earth it could be. Once opened, the scroll was most impressive.
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The Imposter 3/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 03 Jun 2011

Next morning she gulped down her breakfast and dashed out of the house as quickly as she could. She actually arrived at the Witches’ Home before the day shift had arrived in the gatehouse.
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The Imposter 4/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 04 Jun 2011

There weren’t very many people to be seen in the village when she finally arrived. Those that were in sight, took no more notice of her than they would of any other stranger.
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The Imposter 5/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 04 Jun 2011

Finally he went over to the scooter, grinned at Jennifer Jane and bending down, pulled the mudguard away from the tyre with his bare hands. Thought so. Flimsy!”
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The Imposter 6/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 05 Jun 2011

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The Imposter 7/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 05 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane agreed and spent the next two days wandering around the village getting to know people.
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The Imposter 9/9

By Geoffrey on Mon, 06 Jun 2011

“I’ve just found the answer to all your problems,” continued Jennifer Jane, “meet Ermintrude!” The two witches grunted miserably and waved their hands at the tall young woman.
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The quiet acorn 1/9

By Geoffrey on Tue, 07 Jun 2011

Dave Bell was writing a book. He’d often said that he’d write about Jennifer Jane’s adventures with the fairy folk and now he’d actually started.
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The quiet acorn 2/9

By Geoffrey on Tue, 07 Jun 2011

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The quiet acorn 3/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 08 Jun 2011

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The quiet acorn 4/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 08 Jun 2011

Then early one morning, not too long after the three witches had bought their new brooms, Jennifer Jane flew across to the shop to admire their premises for the first time.
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The quiet acorn 5/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 09 Jun 2011

“Oh lor,’ it’s only a kid, just go back where you came from, I don’t want to waste my time with children, I’m waiting for a mighty witch called Jennifer Jane to come here and attack me.”
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The quiet acorn 6/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 09 Jun 2011

Abigail had run along to the guardroom as soon as she heard that her apprentice was in trouble.
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The quiet acorn 7/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 10 Jun 2011

By coincidence, one of her lessons at school the next day was about conservation and the damage caused by forest fires.
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The quiet acorn 8/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 10 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane flew as quickly as she could to the hills where she had first seen the dragon.
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The quiet acorn 9/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 11 Jun 2011

“For goodness sake stop it,” said a squeaky little voice, “I give in. I’ve already been changed back, so I know I’ve failed!”
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From acorn to sapling 1/13

By Geoffrey on Sat, 11 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane was rather surprised when she arrived for her usual lesson at the Witches’ Home, only to find that Abigail was no longer going to teach her.
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From acorn to sapling 2/13

By Geoffrey on Sun, 12 Jun 2011

The headache cures were carefully packed into four large bags.
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From acorn to sapling 3/13

By Geoffrey on Sun, 12 Jun 2011

Naturally enough, The first person she found was the landlord of the George and Dragons.
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From acorn to sapling 4/13

By Geoffrey on Mon, 13 Jun 2011

As it turned out, it was fortunate that the witches ran out of one of the flavourings that were used to disguise the nasty taste of their magic medicines.
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From acorn to sapling 5/13

By Geoffrey on Mon, 13 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane was already up to her knees in mud, while the water began pouring over the edge and started to wash away the face of the dam below her.
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From acorn to sapling 6/13

By Geoffrey on Tue, 14 Jun 2011

The next morning she set off for Esme’s shop feeling rather happier.
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From acorn to sapling 7/13

By Geoffrey on Tue, 14 Jun 2011

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From acorn to sapling 8/13

By Geoffrey on Wed, 15 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane stopped at the guardhouse to pick up her scooter and then followed Ermintrude to the dam.
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From acorn to sapling 9/13

By Geoffrey on Wed, 15 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane flew as fast as possible into her garden, driving along the lawn towards the house in case any one happened to see her.
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From acorn to sapling 10/13

By Geoffrey on Thu, 16 Jun 2011

The next morning, Dave phoned his office, to say he was feeling unwell and would have to take the day off.
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From acorn to sapling 11/13

By Geoffrey on Thu, 16 Jun 2011

“Why, from the streams that run into the main river from higher up in the hills. “They’re called tributaries you know,” he added condescendingly.
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From acorn to sapling 12/13

By Geoffrey on Fri, 17 Jun 2011

Even on the first day she had a look at the dam, she could see that the water level was going down much more quickly than expected. She couldn’t go on the next day as it poured with rain.
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From acorn to sapling 13/13

By Geoffrey on Fri, 17 Jun 2011

Esmerelda was only too happy to oblige one of the important witches from the Home. Abigail flew Jennifer Jane’s scooter, while Esme followed on her broom.
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The young oak tree 1/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 18 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane had spent most of the night wondering how to find out who was trying to get rid of her from the alternate world.
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The young oak tree 2/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 18 Jun 2011

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The young oak tree 3/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 19 Jun 2011

Mary stood at the kitchen window and watched Jennifer walk along the garden on her way to work. Dave came and stood beside her and put his arm round her shoulders.
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The young oak tree 4/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 19 Jun 2011

“Shush” whispered the other, nodding his head towards Mary.
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The young oak tree 5/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 20 Jun 2011

Dave arrived home at his usual time in the evening. The house seemed strangely quiet, nor did any welcoming smell of cooking greet him, as he came through the front door.
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The young oak tree 6/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 20 Jun 2011

Abigail and Dave got back on their broom.
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The young oak tree 7/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 21 Jun 2011

Neither Jennifer Jane nor her dad slept very well that night. She wanted to start looking long before breakfast time, but Abigail wouldn’t let her go without a good meal inside her.
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The young oak tree 8/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 21 Jun 2011

“Malcolm says you sometimes let people have flying carpets to take away.”
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The full grown oak 1/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 22 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane was finding it hard to sleep! She was still trying to think of anyone who might want to stop her from visiting the alternate world.
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The full grown oak 2/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 22 Jun 2011

Just in case there were problems later on, Jennifer Jane told Abigail what she planned to do, then set off on her scooter.
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The full grown oak 3/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 23 Jun 2011

“As most of you know,” George began, “I was sent to the alternate world by a magical accident and while there learned of many strange things.
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The full grown oak 4/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 23 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane woke up feeling awful. Her head hurt and she had a nasty taste in her mouth. Her bed wasn’t very comfortable either; in fact she could swear that it was heaving up and down.
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The full grown oak 5/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 24 Jun 2011

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The full grown oak 6/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 24 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane walked off slowly, saying in a voice just loud enough to be heard, “I only thought you might have been having a problem with your longitude. I was going to offer to help.”
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The full grown oak 7/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 25 Jun 2011

When the watch on deck changed a few hours later, Jennifer Jane made sure that she wasn’t wanted for any particular task and climbed as high up the foremast as she possibly could.
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The full grown oak 8/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 25 Jun 2011

The first thing she noticed was the captain and mate arguing again about the navigation. Then at last the captain called to her, just as she was going off watch.
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The oak tree falls 1/10

By Geoffrey on Sun, 26 Jun 2011

Joan leaned forward eagerly looking out of the cab window. Her uncle had just told her that she should be able to see the hotel where they were going to stay during her holiday.
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The oak tree falls 2/10

By Geoffrey on Mon, 27 Jun 2011

“Just stay there a moment dear,” said the hairdresser, “your uncle asked me to cover all the mirrors before you have your hair cut.
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The oak tree falls 3/10

By Geoffrey on Mon, 27 Jun 2011

The lady in the clothing shop was very attentive once Lucy had a word with her and it didn’t seem too long before she was dressed from top to toe, in ‘the very latest fashions suitable for young l
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The oak tree falls 4/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 28 Jun 2011

Joan spent the next few days helping Lucy in the shop.
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the oak tree falls 5/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 28 Jun 2011

Lucy was waiting in a small room when Joan and the policeman walked in. She had a very puzzled look on her face and jumped up as soon as she saw them.
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The oak tree falls 6/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 29 Jun 2011

“I’ve just had a thought,” said Lucy, “I’ve often wondered why Joan’s appearance was changed so much on her first day here.
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The oak tree falls 7/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 29 Jun 2011

Joan felt very conspicuous, as a policeman in an unmarked hover drove her to the docks.
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The oak tree falls 8/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 30 Jun 2011

It took a week before Joan had another call from the police. She put on her wig and old blue trouser suit, before Lucy and the friendly policeman took her down to the docks where Fern was waiting.
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The oak tree falls 9/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 30 Jun 2011

Jennifer Jane looked round in bewilderment, then burst into tears. Mary hurried over and gave her a big cuddle, while Lucy and the policeman stared at everyone, not quite sure what was going on.
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The oak tree falls 10/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 01 Jul 2011

Malcolm stood up and turned round in surprise, “I’m not anyone’s uncle...” then his jaw dropped in amazement, “why it’s you, you little!...
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Ley lines 1/11

By Geoffrey on Fri, 01 Jul 2011

Jennifer Jane was feeling quite excited. She was attending her very first class about the theory of magic.
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Ley lines 2/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 02 Jul 2011

As the class went outside, Jennifer Jane had her leg pulled about knowing all the answers.
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Ley lines 3/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 02 Jul 2011

Some more of the class were coming back now and the teacher congratulated each one as they returned. After a while she blew her whistle and waved for those still searching to return.
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Ley lines 4/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 03 Jul 2011

Back at her own home that night, Jennifer Jane had just finished the preparation for next day’s lesson at the village school, when there was a knock at the kitchen door.
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Ley lines 5/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 03 Jul 2011

Fortunately the weather was fine on the following night. During the day, Jennifer Jane had asked Abigail if she could use her ceremonial robes in her own world.
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Ley lines 6/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 04 Jul 2011

The grown ups all walked into the circle, put on their pointed hats, then held hands and began walking widdershins chanting as they went.
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Ley lines 7/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 04 Jul 2011

Thinking about it afterwards, she realised that she must have banged her head as she fell and lost consciousness for a moment.
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Ley lines 8/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 05 Jul 2011

The tunnels contained the magic that could be sensed on the surface as Ley lines.
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Ley lines 9/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 05 Jul 2011

“Hurry up with your breakfast;” said Mary the next morning, “your father and I can’t wait to hear what sort of magic Eve and her friends were doing.”
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Ley lines 10/11

By Geoffrey on Wed, 06 Jul 2011

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Ley lines 11/11

By Geoffrey on Wed, 06 Jul 2011

“Theory proved I think,” said Dave, “well done young J.J. The only thing now is to make go back to its correct weight.”
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The double glazing salesman 1/12

By Geoffrey on Thu, 07 Jul 2011

“No. I do not need double glazing, I already have double glazing, I must have told you at least ten times already, do not to ring me at this number again!”
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The double glazing salesman 2/12

By Geoffrey on Thu, 07 Jul 2011

An hour or so later she’d heard enough polite chat to last her for ages, so she flew back to the Witches’ Home and walked through to the front lawn.
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The double glazing salesman 3/12

By Geoffrey on Fri, 08 Jul 2011

Three days later the secret was revealed. Jennifer Jane had just got back to the Witches’ Home after the day’s lesson with Esmerelda.
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The double glazing salesman 4/12

By Geoffrey on Fri, 08 Jul 2011

Jennifer Jane followed him back into the Witches’ Home workshop. Robert put the wings on top of one of the benches and began discussing the problem with Dave.
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The double glazing salesman 5/12

By Geoffrey on Sat, 09 Jul 2011

Mary was nearly as enthusiastic as Dave, when he told her that his idea would let them to fly rather like the birds.
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The double glazing salesman 6/12

By Geoffrey on Sat, 09 Jul 2011

“I think I’d better go and get my scooter and follow him for a bit,” said Jennifer Jane, “I expect you’d like to come with me to make sure he doesn’t come to any harm.”
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The double glazing salesman 7/12

By Geoffrey on Sun, 10 Jul 2011

Dave flew away round the back of the Witches’ Home in great style. The magic force that hid the front of the Home from the alternate world was a bit of a disappointment.
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The double glazing salesman 8/12

By Geoffrey on Sun, 10 Jul 2011

Dave woke up with a bit of a start. For a moment he wondered where he was and then smiled to himself as he remembered his first proper flight.
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The double glazing salesman 9/12

By Geoffrey on Mon, 11 Jul 2011

It felt very strange, but he was light enough to roll over and crawl along the roof towards the back of the cave.
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The double glazing salesman 10/12

By Geoffrey on Tue, 12 Jul 2011

Dave didn’t bother to struggle or explain himself.
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The double glazing salesman 11/12

By Geoffrey on Tue, 12 Jul 2011

Dave was only too pleased to be able to sit down and get warm. He seemed to have been crawling about on sharp rocks and then walking for ages, even if it was only breakfast time.
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The double glazing salesman 12/12

By Geoffrey on Wed, 13 Jul 2011

“Show them all in here please Saunders, then with a bit of luck we’ll soon have all this sorted out.”
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The travel agent 1/21

By Geoffrey on Wed, 13 Jul 2011

“Hey Dad, I’ve just learned this smashing new card trick. Can you stop working for a minute so that I can show you?”
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The travel agent 2/21

By Geoffrey on Thu, 14 Jul 2011

The next day Dave decided that Robert had been given enough time to make to the latest modifications to his wings and said he was going to the Witches’ Home to try them out.
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The travel agent 3/21

By Geoffrey on Thu, 14 Jul 2011

“Do you happen to have a pack of cards here?” asked Jennifer Jane changing the subject.
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The travel agent 4/21

By Geoffrey on Fri, 15 Jul 2011

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The travel agent 5/21

By Geoffrey on Fri, 15 Jul 2011

Jennifer Jane was attending her first lesson in self-defence in the advanced class for fifth year apprentices.
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The travel agent 6/21

By Geoffrey on Sat, 16 Jul 2011

The teacher grinned. “May I remind you that every spell has a counter spell,” she twiddled her fingers, at the same time making a sweeping motion that took in the whole classroom.
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The travel agent 7/21

By Geoffrey on Sat, 16 Jul 2011

The next opportunity for Eve to meet the whole family came rather sooner than she expected.
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The travel agent 8/21

By Geoffrey on Sun, 17 Jul 2011

The Head waited until everyone was back in their seats before going in front of the curtains to make the final announcement.
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The travel agent 9/21

By Geoffrey on Sun, 17 Jul 2011

For the first time during her performance she looked directly at everyone and put on a very large ‘stage smile’.
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The travel agent 10/21

By Geoffrey on Mon, 18 Jul 2011

It took some moments for the Head to calm down the audience, but eventually peace returned.
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The travel agent 11/21

By Geoffrey on Mon, 18 Jul 2011

When Eve returned home after watching the school show, she sat and thought quietly for a long time.
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The travel agent 12/21

By Geoffrey on Tue, 19 Jul 2011

“I expect you may remember me, I’m the witch who knows Jennifer Jane. Have you brought another group to visit our world?”
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The travel agent 13/21

By Geoffrey on Wed, 20 Jul 2011

Jennifer Jane had to wait two days before she was able to get to the Witches’ Home to discuss her performance at any length with Abigail.
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The travel agent 14/21

By Geoffrey on Wed, 20 Jul 2011

“We’ll stop at a village called Lurbridge for the night. There’s a good inn there called the George and Dragons.
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The travel agent 15/21

By Geoffrey on Thu, 21 Jul 2011

Eve had met George as arranged and found herself doing an unexpected amount of walking.
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The travel agent 16/21

By Geoffrey on Thu, 21 Jul 2011

It was late in the afternoon when George pointed out the travel fog. Eve was dying for a sit down and a nice cup of tea but George appeared to be as fresh as when he’d started.
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The travel agent 17/21

By Geoffrey on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

Eve went upstairs to be shown her room. Bare wooden beams and roof trusses supported the ceiling which sloped down towards the outside wall, broken by only a single dormer window.
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The travel agent 18/21

By Geoffrey on Fri, 22 Jul 2011

A tray loaded with a huge plateful of bacon, sausage and eggs, complete with a thick slice of fried bread swimming in fat and accompanied by a huge mug of tea, was plonked down on the table as she sat
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The travel agent 19/21

By Geoffrey on Sat, 23 Jul 2011

“Riddle!” Shouted Gordon, as the horse set foot on the bridge. “This I must see for myself,” said Eve and she slid off the horse and went down the riverbank to look under the bridge.
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The travel agent 20/21

By Geoffrey on Sat, 23 Jul 2011

“Gee up,” said George to his horse. “I think they were jesting,” he said over his shoulder as they rode off along the path.
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The travel agent 21/21

By Geoffrey on Sun, 24 Jul 2011

“You just can’t give up can you," said Eve, "why don’t you just keep quiet and take me home. By the shortest route this time.”
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Jennifer Jane returns early

By Geoffrey on Sat, 27 Aug 2011

Jennifer Jane will be with her fans tomorrow morning. Her father is sulking in a corner (when he's not crying his eyes out) because he trod on a complicated piece of his paper clock.
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The business empire 1/10

By Geoffrey on Sun, 28 Aug 2011

In which Adam finds there are no photographs of Jennifer Jane’s conjuring during the school show. Eve follows Jennifer Jane through the woods.
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The business empire 2/10

By Geoffrey on Mon, 29 Aug 2011

The very next day she hurried off to the woods to go and see Abigail.
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The business empire 3/10

By Geoffrey on Mon, 29 Aug 2011

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The business empire 4/10

By Geoffrey on Tue, 30 Aug 2011

Jennifer Jane carried on towards her home, while Eve walked beside her asking questions about ‘her friend’.
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The business empire 5/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 31 Aug 2011

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The business empire 6/10

By Geoffrey on Wed, 31 Aug 2011

“Fancy seeing you here!” said the horse. “You’re a long way from home, were you hoping to see Sir about something special?”
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The business empire 7/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 01 Sep 2011

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The business empire 8/10

By Geoffrey on Thu, 01 Sep 2011

“Now most of you know old Simon over at the Bull in the next village. After dark he stops work and never leaves his corner in the inglenook until closing time.
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The business empire 9/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 02 Sep 2011

Jennifer Jane spent the next couple of days racking her brains, trying to think of a way that George could earn a good living without upsetting the witches.
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The business empire 10/10

By Geoffrey on Fri, 02 Sep 2011

She sat down again beside George and explained herself. “All you have to do is find a centre somewhere, where the trading possibilities are good within a radius of say thirty miles.
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The problem with cats 1/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 02 Sep 2011

George was whistling happily to himself, as he drove his horse and cart along the tracks and bridle ways leading to a new location for his expanding business empire.
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The problem with cats 2/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 03 Sep 2011

“Whoa!” Cried George pulling up, “what can I do for you, are you looking for a ride into Woodside?”
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The problem with cats 3/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 03 Sep 2011

About a month after she’d given George the idea of setting up as a carrier of goods, Jennifer Jane decided to go and see how he was getting on.
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The problem with cats 4/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 04 Sep 2011

The witch was laughing extremely loudly and seemed to have grown a lot bigger. Jennifer Jane looked nervously at George, but he was just standing still with the most amazed look on his face.
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The problem with cats 5/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 04 Sep 2011

Jennifer Jane spent the next two days running away from dogs, catching and eating mice, sleeping a lot and digging her claws into George whenever she had the opportunity.
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The problem with cats 6/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 05 Sep 2011

Abigail listened to Jennifer Jane’s story trying hard not to smile at the funnier parts. “Once again I think you’ve been very lucky,” she said when at last the tale was finished.
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The problem with cats 7/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 05 Sep 2011

At last she was ready, so after lessons at the Witches’ Home she flew off towards Woodside. As she got nearer she flew higher, so that she was unlikely to be spotted from the ground.
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The problem with cats 8/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 06 Sep 2011

She threw a fireball big enough to have roasted a dragon and would certainly have killed her target if it had connected.
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The statue 1/15

By Geoffrey on Tue, 06 Sep 2011

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The statue 2/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 07 Sep 2011

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The statue 3/15

By Geoffrey on Thu, 08 Sep 2011

“We’ve got a strange one here ma’am,” said the guard as a senior witch came in, “just turned up from the front of the Home and has never seen the statue before!”
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The statue 4/15

By Geoffrey on Fri, 09 Sep 2011

‘Two hundred years’!
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The statue 5/15

By Geoffrey on Sat, 10 Sep 2011

Jennifer Jane and the dragons burst out laughing. Matilda who naturally didn’t understand the joke, looking on with a most surprised expression.
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The statue 6/15

By Geoffrey on Sun, 11 Sep 2011

The other witches were equally deferential when Matilda confirmed that Jennifer Jane was really who she said she was.
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The statue 7/15

By Geoffrey on Mon, 12 Sep 2011

It was just as well that she did. The cart pulled up outside a very long building which ran along the street for at least the length of six or seven of the old houses.
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The statue 8/15

By Geoffrey on Mon, 12 Sep 2011

Jennifer Jane went through the gate and walked slowly towards the pony. “Here boy have a lovely fresh carrot.”
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The statue 9/15

By Geoffrey on Tue, 13 Sep 2011

The witches weren’t much help when it came to finding out what had happened to the castle.
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The statue 10/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 14 Sep 2011

Everything else in the village was much as she remembered and Jennifer Jane was beginning to wonder what to do next, when she suddenly had one of her bright ideas.
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The statue 11/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 14 Sep 2011

Jennifer Jane was quite glad to get out of the Home and ride Major up to the castle.
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The statue 12/15

By Geoffrey on Thu, 15 Sep 2011

She was able to see perfectly well immediately. Looking downstream in the tunnel, she could see a light almost as bright as the day outside, where the magic disappeared straight down into the ground.
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The statue 13/15

By Geoffrey on Fri, 16 Sep 2011

The ‘Greatest Grande Dame who ever lived,’ sat with her head in her hands, trying hard to think of a spell, or indeed any other way of clearing the blocked Ley line.
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The statue 14/15

By Geoffrey on Sat, 17 Sep 2011

Freda stayed to watch the fun, as Jennifer Jane explained the situation to the assembled witches. “I don’t think we should all try the spell at the same time.
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The statue 15/15

By Geoffrey on Sun, 18 Sep 2011

She got onto her borrowed broom and flew back to the Gate. Then followed by an admiring crowd of witches, she went through to the front of the building to begin the walk back to her own time.
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The photograph 1/9

By Geoffrey on Mon, 26 Sep 2011

Somehow or other, Adam was determined to resolve his wife’s suspicions about Jennifer Jane’s mysterious visits to the woods at the end of their garden.
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The photograph 2/9

By Geoffrey on Tue, 27 Sep 2011

He went across to a nearby high bank and climbing up, sat down with his feet dangling over the edge and had a good look round.
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The photograph 3/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 28 Sep 2011

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The photograph 4/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 29 Sep 2011

The following Wednesday the local newspaper was delivered to the Bell family, as usual Dave began reading selected bits aloud in between mouthfuls, while eating his breakfast.
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The photograph 5/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 30 Sep 2011

Abigail got more and more worried as she read through the article in the Holmwood Advertiser.
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The photograph 6/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 01 Oct 2011

The editor of the Holmwood Advertiser was almost literally rubbing his hands with glee. The story about witchcraft in the village was boosting his circulation nicely.
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The photograph 7/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 02 Oct 2011

“Sorry I’m a bit late,” said Dave, but the office has given me a new project to work on and it took rather longer than usual to explain. What’s so funny?”
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The photograph 8/9

By Geoffrey on Mon, 03 Oct 2011

The editor of the Advertiser was browsing as usual through all the national and local papers hoping to find something of interest to print concerning local affairs.
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The photograph 9/9

By Geoffrey on Tue, 04 Oct 2011

Next door to the Bell’s house the Gardeners had also got their copy of the paper.
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Pigeon problems 1/5

By Geoffrey on Tue, 04 Oct 2011

A short stocky man with a worried expression on his face, sat at his office desk in Lower Dene.
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Pigeon problems 2/5

By Geoffrey on Wed, 05 Oct 2011

The next day George checked that there were no more parcels to be delivered to the customer who needed the pigeons, so he set off early in the morning riding his personal charger.
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Pigeon problems 3/5

By Geoffrey on Thu, 06 Oct 2011

George followed the direction taken by the pigeon for about an hour and a half, then he stopped in an open space to see if he could spot the next pigeon to be sent ahead. He was very lucky!
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Pigeon problems 4/5

By Geoffrey on Fri, 07 Oct 2011

William Parker, or ‘Old Willum’ as he was known in the village, was standing outside his carting business office looking up and down the road, waiting anxiously for his driver to arrive for work.
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Pigeon problems 5/5

By Geoffrey on Sat, 08 Oct 2011

Abigail asked Jennifer Jane’s teacher to give her the morning off when she attended her next class at the Witches’ Home.
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Eve 1/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 09 Oct 2011

Eve was still worrying about the possible magical abilities of her next door neighbour’s child.
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Eve 2/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 10 Oct 2011

The old lady looked carefully at Eve. “I suppose he said he’d take you through a door to an alternate world.”
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Eve 3/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 11 Oct 2011

She walked on, hoping that there were no turns from the path leading in the wrong direction. All was well until she came to a bridleway crossing the footpath from left to right.
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Eve 4/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 12 Oct 2011

“I don’t know what sort of money this is, but it’s no use round here I’m afraid.”
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Eve 5/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 13 Oct 2011

Eve was amazed when she got back to the George and Dragons. The place was full of sailors who all cheered as she came in through the door.
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Eve 6/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 14 Oct 2011

He appeared to be taller than most of the trees he was passing and was coming nearer extremely quickly. He stepped across the river and came to a halt on the green.
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Eve 7/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 15 Oct 2011

Afterwards when she tried to remember all her adventures in the alternate world, she couldn’t think what started the conversation.
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Eve 8/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 16 Oct 2011

Eve walked slowly back towards the village. She was beginning to enjoy herself, this would be a nice place to visit and explore further one day.
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Georgina 1/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 22 Oct 2011

If a traveller should take the road west from Lurbridge towards the Witches Home, he would pass Esmerelda’s shop after about three miles.
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Georgina 2/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 23 Oct 2011

Henry had once been a knight and was among the first group of drivers that George had recruited to form his new company.
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Georgina 3/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 24 Oct 2011

George was getting a bit worried. One after another, his drivers were coming back to Lower Dene with tales of damaged goods and problems with their carts.
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Georgina 4/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 25 Oct 2011

“There’s been another series of attacks on George’s carting company,” said Abigail.
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Georgina 5/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 26 Oct 2011

Jennifer Jane went back and reported her findings to Abigail.
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Georgina 6/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 27 Oct 2011

It was two weeks before Georgina turned up again at the red village. Everyone crowded round eagerly to hear what tricks were going to be played on the humans this time.
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Georgina 7/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 28 Oct 2011

Jennifer Jane had obtained permission from her parents to sleep at the Witches’ Home for as long as was necessary, so that she could to hear the alarm given when one of the pigeons returned.
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Georgina 8/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 29 Oct 2011

The smiles of the witches had turned to broad grins and then hearty laughter and a few cheers, while she proposed her solution.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 1/12

By Geoffrey on Sun, 30 Oct 2011

Two weeks after her previous visit, Georgina returned to the red goblin village as she’d promised. To her surprise none of the goblins welcomed her arrival.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 2/12

By Geoffrey on Mon, 31 Oct 2011

Eve got up from her sewing machine. “There that’s the last one; now let’s see if they fit properly!”
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Georgina Adam and Eve 3/12

By Geoffrey on Tue, 01 Nov 2011

“There’s a couple of customers coming this way by the look of it,” said Esmerelda. “Betcha they go round to see Tasmin!” replied Dulce.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 4/12

By Geoffrey on Wed, 02 Nov 2011

Eve went to the Bell’s house later that evening. “A lady asked me to give Jennifer Jane this parcel,” she said, “I’ve never seen her before but she seemed to know you!”
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Georgina Adam and Eve 5/12

By Geoffrey on Thu, 03 Nov 2011

Jennifer Jane was beginning to feel a bit frightened. Thank goodness she was with her parents!
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Georgina Adam and Eve 6/12

By Geoffrey on Fri, 04 Nov 2011

Adam and Eve were sitting at the kitchen table discussing their plans for the day.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 7/12

By Geoffrey on Sat, 05 Nov 2011

George was thinking hard about a rather strange business proposition that had just been put to him by a middle-aged lady.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 8/12

By Geoffrey on Sun, 06 Nov 2011

A couple of days later, George met Georgina and they rode off together to the nearest dump of scrap iron.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 9/12

By Geoffrey on Mon, 07 Nov 2011

Jennifer Jane had left Abigail and gone home to try and think of a way to deal with Georgina.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 10/12

By Geoffrey on Wed, 09 Nov 2011

Lucy and her policeman husband were on a walking holiday in the countryside. They both worked in Smallport and were only too glad to get away from all the noise and bustle once a year.
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Georgina Adam and Eve 11/12

By Geoffrey on Wed, 09 Nov 2011

“I don’t know how she does it,” said Abigail, “but whenever that child is really wanted, she always manages to go missing. Not a trace of her anywhere I can reach!”
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Georgina Adam and Eve 12/12

By Geoffrey on Thu, 10 Nov 2011

For the first time in two days Jennifer Jane smiled. Abigail and her parents listened carefully as she explained what had happened during her adventures.
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The Rally 1/11

By Geoffrey on Fri, 11 Nov 2011

Jennifer Jane was hard at work practising a new spell that she’d learned only in the last couple of days.
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The Rally 2/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 12 Nov 2011

She went into the woods until she was near the place where the old witch had come through her door.
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The Rally 3/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 13 Nov 2011

“Please Ma’am,” said a rather breathless apprentice, “I’ve been sent from the front of the house to tell you that the Bell’s sailing boat with Jennifer Jane and her neighbour, are just mo
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The Rally 4/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 14 Nov 2011

Once they’d arrived at the area where Jennifer Jane thought the door had been, she popped back home and fetched her school calculator.
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The Rally 5/11

By Geoffrey on Tue, 15 Nov 2011

Just for once the peace and quiet of Jennifer Jane’s tree house didn’t help her come to any conclusions.
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The Rally 6/11

By Geoffrey on Wed, 16 Nov 2011

Abigail and Rebecca were waiting with their brooms as the Bell family finished mooring Misty Magic.
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The Rally 7/11

By Geoffrey on Thu, 17 Nov 2011

Back at home that evening, Dave began working out the details required to promote the first ever Merlin Homes rally.
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The Rally 8/11

By Geoffrey on Fri, 18 Nov 2011

At last the weekend arrived that had been put aside for the rally. Jennifer Jane had asked Abigail if Adam and Eve could come along as well.
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The Rally 9/11

By Geoffrey on Sat, 19 Nov 2011

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The Rally 10/11

By Geoffrey on Sun, 20 Nov 2011

At the end of the first day of the rally, practically every cottage still in working order built by the Merlin Homes company had found a place in the open space outside the Witches’ home.
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The Rally 11/11

By Geoffrey on Mon, 21 Nov 2011

Moggy was only too delighted to be able to return to the alternate world and join in the search for his old owner’s daughter.
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The search for Merlin Homes 1/15

By Geoffrey on Tue, 22 Nov 2011

Jennifer Jane slid to a halt and stared in dismay as Morwenna’s front door was slammed in her face.
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The search for Merlin Homes 2/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 23 Nov 2011

“I’m sorry I don’t understand. I’ve only been in a cottage once before when it moved and everything went alright then.”
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The search for Merlin Homes 3/15

By Geoffrey on Thu, 24 Nov 2011

While Morwenna struggled to pull back the rusty bolt securing the door, Jennifer Jane walked back a few feet and picked up her scooter from where she’d left it the first time she’d gone into Morwe
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The search for Merlin Homes 4/11

By Geoffrey on Fri, 25 Nov 2011

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The search for Merlin Homes 5/15

By Geoffrey on Sat, 26 Nov 2011

“Two witches they was as sure as I’m standing here, One big ‘un and a little ‘un.
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The search for Merlin Homes 6/15

By Geoffrey on Sun, 27 Nov 2011

Later that night the three of them were sitting comfortably inside a cone shaped magic field rather like a tent that Morwenna had put up round them, “That’ll keep out all the nasties for the
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The search for Merlin Homes 7/15

By Geoffrey on Mon, 28 Nov 2011

“The lady Margarita would like a word with the squire if it is convenient. Our coach has travelled on towards the next village to find a blacksmith, as one of our horses has thrown a shoe.
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The search for Merlin Homes 8/15

By Geoffrey on Tue, 29 Nov 2011

The little group discussed plans while eating their dinner.
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The search for Merlin Homes 9/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 30 Nov 2011

Jack came back smelling strongly of carbolic soap and shook hands all round.
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The search for Merlin Homes 10/15

By Geoffrey on Thu, 01 Dec 2011

“Just before we leave,” said Morwenna the next morning; “I’ve remembered something essential about these cottages that you ought to know.”
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The search for Merlin Homes 11/15

By Geoffrey on Fri, 02 Dec 2011

There were several paintings displayed in the shop window, one of them even bore some resemblance to their cottage.
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The search for Merlin Homes 12/15

By Geoffrey on Sat, 03 Dec 2011

For her part Jennifer Jane was horrified. She’d never seen the dragon before and he might very well roast them alive on his next pass.
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The search for Merlin Homes 13/15

By Geoffrey on Sun, 04 Dec 2011

“I suppose there’s nothing else to do but go on trying,” said Morwenna.
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The search for Merlin Homes 14/15

By Geoffrey on Mon, 05 Dec 2011

Albert grinned as he dismounted and saw them looking round the empty space, obviously wondering why on earth they’d been brought to this particular place.
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The search for Merlin Homes 15/15

By Geoffrey on Tue, 06 Dec 2011

They flew back to the land they’d left before they’d crossed the sea to England.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly. 1/9

By Geoffrey on Wed, 07 Dec 2011

The day after all the troubles between Morwenna and George had been cleared up; the Bells were sitting in the kitchen eating their breakfast as usual.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly 2/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 08 Dec 2011

As he got nearer he could see a sailor at the top of the mast working on the rigging.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly 3/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 09 Dec 2011

Dave stood there fascinated; it was rather like watching a bird learning to fly; only this particular bird was an intelligent person.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly 4/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 10 Dec 2011

The next day at breakfast time, Dave was describing the way in which Fern had learned to fly properly.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly 5/9

By Geoffrey on Sun, 11 Dec 2011

The two families drove into town and after parking in the supermarket car park, walked out into the countryside along the lane which Eve assured them led to George’s door.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly 6/9

By Geoffrey on Mon, 12 Dec 2011

“We were lucky to get here," said Dave, "because Eve remembered about the door.
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Everybody knows fairies can't fly 7/9

By Geoffrey on Thu, 22 Dec 2011

Lieutenant Moonshine looked out of her office window and heaved a big sigh. Nothing exciting ever seemed to happen around here nowadays.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly 8/9

By Geoffrey on Fri, 23 Dec 2011

Before Lieutenant Moonshine could think of shouting at all of them to return to work, the air was full of fairies trying to remember the way they used to fly when they were young children.
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Everyone knows fairies can't fly 9/9

By Geoffrey on Sat, 24 Dec 2011

Lieutenant Moonshine had just finished bandaging the first two of her workforce to return from their first flight, when another movement outside the window caught her eye.
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Redundancy 1/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 27 Dec 2011

Even more than most of the fairies who worked in the Wish Warehouse, Polly was having a wonderful time!
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Redundancy 2/8

By Geoffrey on Wed, 28 Dec 2011

“I don’t see what’s so difficult about this witchcraft business,” said Dave Bell at breakfast.
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Redundancy 3/8

By Geoffrey on Thu, 29 Dec 2011

Robert had flown Polly back to the Witches’ Home after they had returned the unwanted bags of teeth.
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Redundancy 4/8

By Geoffrey on Fri, 30 Dec 2011

The young lady in question had just got home from school, her dad had come down to the kitchen for a cup of tea and they were all chatting while they waited for the kettle to boil.
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Redundancy 5/8

By Geoffrey on Sat, 31 Dec 2011

Dave Bell wanted to start asking questions about the sale of carved teeth after a couple of days.
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Redundancy 6/8

By Geoffrey on Sun, 01 Jan 2012

Jennifer Jane flew back to the Witches’ Home in a thoughtful mood. She was sure she could remember the growing spell she’d used trying to improve the crops so long ago.
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Redundancy 7/8

By Geoffrey on Mon, 02 Jan 2012

Jennifer Jane hurried off before anybody burst into tears, it had appeared to be such a wonderful idea when she had first suggested it, but now she couldn’t see any answer.
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Redundancy 8/8

By Geoffrey on Tue, 03 Jan 2012

Robert took the lump of tooth material and excitedly mounted it in his lathe. He didn’t bother with any decoration, but just made a simple vase shape to try out the quality of the work.
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The Ivory Dragon 1/14

By Geoffrey on Wed, 04 Jan 2012

Police Constable Charles Robert Pembleton was the fourth generation of the family that had always supplied the face of law and order in the quiet village of Holmwood.
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The Ivory Dragon 2/14

By Geoffrey on Thu, 05 Jan 2012

“Now whatever does Eve want this time,” said Mary, as her neighbour came through the side gate between their houses and walked towards the kitchen door.
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The Ivory Dragon 3/14

By Geoffrey on Fri, 06 Jan 2012

Polly was discussing a design with Robert as the whole Bell family burst into the workshop.
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The Ivory Dragon 4/14

By Geoffrey on Sat, 07 Jan 2012

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The Ivory Dragon 5/14

By Geoffrey on Sun, 08 Jan 2012

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The Ivory Dragon 6/14

By Geoffrey on Mon, 09 Jan 2012

P.C. Pembleton studied the lab report on the sample that had been taken from one of ‘The Smuggler’s Cave’ models to analyse the material used. The letter had two enclosures.
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The Ivory Dragon 7/14

By Geoffrey on Tue, 10 Jan 2012

Brian Taylor, the editor of the Holmwood Advertiser, sat quietly behind his office desk as the door closed behind the two boys.
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The Ivory Dragon 8/14

By Geoffrey on Wed, 11 Jan 2012

Jennifer Jane had made up her mind to visit the Smuggler’s Cave at the earliest opportunity.
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The Ivory Dragon 9/14

By Geoffrey on Thu, 12 Jan 2012

As soon as the boy on his bike had given him the message, Brian opened a suitcase under his desk, changed into his gardening clothes and rushed out of the office.
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The Ivory Dragon 10/14

By Geoffrey on Fri, 13 Jan 2012

The horse walked slowly across the ford, the water reaching nearly to its rider’s feet and confirming Brian’s suspicions about the depth.
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The Ivory Dragon 11/14

By Geoffrey on Sat, 14 Jan 2012

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The Ivory Dragon 12/14

By Geoffrey on Sun, 15 Jan 2012

“He should be here any moment now,” he said and pointed out of the window. Brian looked in the direction indicated.
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The Ivory Dragon 13/14

By Geoffrey on Mon, 16 Jan 2012

Jennifer Jane had followed the salesman until a cart came along and stopped to pick him up.
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The Ivory Dragon 14/14

By Geoffrey on Tue, 17 Jan 2012

“Your side of the story please apprentice Bell,” said the most senior of the witches.
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The Winged Witch 1/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 18 Jan 2012

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The Winged Witch 2/15

By Geoffrey on Thu, 19 Jan 2012

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The Winged Witch 3/15

By Geoffrey on Fri, 20 Jan 2012

Jennifer Jane had to wait until the weekend before she had any time to herself.
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The Winged Witch 4/15

By Geoffrey on Sat, 21 Jan 2012

Logically enough, Jennifer Jane began her search at the place where she had last seen the salesman.
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The Winged Witch 5/15

By Geoffrey on Sun, 22 Jan 2012

Sam turned up at the quaint old fashioned village of Lurbridge expecting his visit to go as smoothly as usual.
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The Winged Witch 6/15

By Geoffrey on Mon, 23 Jan 2012

After half an hour spent questioning ships captains, they found that there was no vessel going to Smallport in the foreseeable future.
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The Winged Witch 7/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 25 Jan 2012

She stopped showing off immediately. “I’m sorry, but I suspect that some of you might be taking pictures.
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The Winged Witch 8/15

By Geoffrey on Thu, 26 Jan 2012

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The Winged Witch 9/15

By Geoffrey on Fri, 27 Jan 2012

Sam stood quietly for a moment or two while he carefully thought out a sensible reply. He had rather a lot of new ideas to think about!
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The Winged Witch 10/15

By Geoffrey on Sat, 28 Jan 2012

The witch on duty in the guard house at the Witches’ Home reached for the warning bell, as Jennifer Jane arrived in the special space always kept clear for use with her safety spell.
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The Winged Witch 11/15

By Geoffrey on Sun, 29 Jan 2012

Sam wasn’t quite sure how the girl was travelling as her scooter was still parked on the grass about fifty yards away behind him.
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The Winged Witch 12/15

By Geoffrey on Mon, 30 Jan 2012

A lady was stepping out of a hovercraft just as they reached the field. The machine looked very similar to those Jennifer Jane had seen when she’d visited another high tech world some time ago.
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The Winged Witch 13/15

By Geoffrey on Tue, 31 Jan 2012

At that moment one of the scientists ran over and gave Sam a perfectly polished cube. “We tried out your friend’s suggestion on the synthetic mixture we used for your models.
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The Winged Witch 14/15

By Geoffrey on Wed, 01 Feb 2012

One month later a most impressive group left the Witches’ Home to fly to the research centre in world two hundred and thirty.
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The Winged Witch 15/15

By Geoffrey on Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Abigail nudged Jennifer Jane in the ribs as Polly flicked her fingers to activate the lightening spell necessary for flying.
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Jennifer Jane's last twiddle

By Geoffrey on Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Miss Bell had had a hard day teaching at the Witches’ Home and was wishing she could go home to her parents’ house and have a good rest.
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Goodbye Jennifer Jane

By Geoffrey on Sat, 04 Feb 2012

Jennifer Jane shut the lever arch file filled by her father with the loose leaves he’d always used.
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