Gordon ran out of the enchanted forest and never returned. Later he met a beautiful princess, married her and lived happily ever after.
No he didn’t. Sometimes, when the bloody moon is brooding, he creeps back to that place of snakes and birds and devils. That place of mud and madness and magic. After the kiss of a princess the frog pond will still call to him. And he must walk in the night for a while, for without the dark there is no day, nor star to see, nor tale to tell … to show the way.
Robin Gordon, 2009
ALSO BY PAUL JENNINGS
How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare . . .
The UN series. Ten volumes
The Gizmo series. Four volumes
Wicked! With Morris Gleitzman
Deadly! With Morris Gleitzman
The Reading Bug . . .
and how you can help your child catch it
The Rascal series
Round the Twist
The Cabbage Patch series
The Singenpoo series
More information about Paul Jennings and The Nest can be found at pauljennings.com.au and penguin.com.au/nest
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