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The Fairy Caravan
In the town of Marmalade, inhabited entirely by guinea-pigs, begins the tale of a small travelling circus of animals: Beatrix Potter's longest story.
"The Fairy Caravan" is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, first published in 1929. Told in twenty-three chapters with a preface, it is a longer work than her little picture books and follows a caravan circus of animals.
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In the Land of Green Ginger there is a town called Marmalade, which is inhabited exclusively by guinea-pigs. They are of all colours, and of two sorts. The common, or garden, guinea-pigs are the most numerous. They have short hair, and they run errands and twitter. The guinea-pigs of the other variety are called Abyssinian Cavies. They have long hair and side whiskers, and they walk upon their toes.
The common guinea-pigs admire and envy the hair of the Abyssinian Cavies; they would give anything to be able to make their own short hair grow long. So there was excitement and twittering amongst the short-haired guinea-pigs when Messrs. Ratton and Scratch, Hair Specialists, sent out hundreds of advertisements by post, describing their new elixir.
The Abyssinian Cavies who required no hair stimulant were affronted by the advertisements. They found the twitterings tiresome.
Contents
- 01Preface
- 02Contents
- 03The Fairy Caravan
- 04Chapter I
- 05Chapter II
- 06Chapter III
- 07Chapter IV
- 08Chapter V
- 09Chapter VI
- 10Chapter VII
- 11Chapter VIII
- 12Chapter IX
- 13Chapter X
- 14Chapter XI
- 15Chapter XII
- 16Chapter XIII
- 17Chapter XIV
- 18Chapter XV
- 19Chapter XVI
- 20Chapter XVII
- 21Chapter XVIII
- 22Chapter XIX
- 23Chapter XX
- 24Chapter XXI
- 25Chapter XXII
- 26Chapter XXIII
- 27Transcriber’s Notes
About this edition
- Author
- Beatrix Potter
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 158 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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