You would have thought that having two curious Siamese cats and a tortoise with wanderlust was enough. Not so for Doreen and her husband Charles, who decide to take on a baby donkey to keep the nettles under control in the orchard. When Annabel clip-clops into their lives they realise that, from the ear-splitting nocturnal howling to the numerous escape attempts, living with a donkey won't be plain sailing. Annabel eats everything apart from the nettles, but eventually becomes a much-loved family member and ...
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You would have thought that having two curious Siamese cats and a tortoise with wanderlust was enough. Not so for Doreen and her husband Charles, who decide to take on a baby donkey to keep the nettles under control in the orchard. When Annabel clip-clops into their lives they realise that, from the ear-splitting nocturnal howling to the numerous escape attempts, living with a donkey won't be plain sailing. Annabel eats everything apart from the nettles, but eventually becomes a much-loved family member and particularly close to Solomon, the Siamese cat, who sleeps in her bed. Further dramas ensue when Henry, the jennet, is introduced as a companion to Annabel and love blossoms.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Lovely reprint (undated) hardcover in cocoa colored paper covered boards with sharp tips and lightly bumped spine ends. Unclipped original dust jacket shows light rubbing and color loss to foot of spine. Tiny piece of paper over a small checkmark on blank fep, else the 138pp text is tight, crisp and unmarked. Illustrated with line drawings by Maurice Wilson. A tale of Mrs Tovey, owner of an English farmette who got a Siamese cat to keep the mice down, then a donkey filly (Annabel) to keep the nettles in her orchard, then came Henry the jennet, who was imported to keep Annabel company, and many others-all of these could fill a book, and they do-most hilariously.
