‘Isn’t that the truth?’ said the waitress, who had been hovering over Tashi’s shoulder ever since she’d brought the jam. ‘Me, I love the opera. But my husband can’t stand it. He’d rather be at home reading his book.’
‘I’m with him,’ said Dad. He winked at Tashi. ‘Or sitting around a camp fire listening to a Tashi story.’
‘Are you Tashi?’ asked the waitress.
‘Yes,’ said Tashi.
‘He comes from a land very far away,’ said Jack.
‘Oh, that’s interesting,’ said the waitress. ‘How–’
‘Deborah,’ called the other waitress, ‘could you come and take this order?’
As they all got up from the table, Dad said he didn’t mind driving now as he felt so fit he could fight a dragon.
‘Well,’ said Deborah. ‘I hope you come back very soon to tell us another story.’
‘So do I,’ said Jack.
‘And I,’ said Tashi, crossing his fingers for dragon luck.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
When Anna Fienberg was little, her mother, Barbara, read lots of stories to her. At bedtime they would travel to secret places in the world, through books. The Tashi stories began when Barbara was telling Anna how she used to tell whoppers when she was a child. Creative fibs. Tall stories. And kids would crowd around her, dying to hear the latest tale. Together they talked about a character like Barbara – someone who told fantastic stories – and over many cups of tea they cooked up Tashi.
Read all the Tashi adventures in There Once Was a Boy Called Tashi, Once Tashi Met a Dragon and the Tashi series. And there’s more to discover in The Amazing Tashi Activity Book.
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