The Python of Pura Malai: and other StoriesMeet Fury the Magpie, Pooh the Dog, Grandpa and Grandma Ratsnake, Lizzie and Dizzy the Lizards-in-love, Spike the Porcupine and many others in these exciting stories. In these thirteen hilarious and moving stories the author writes about animals from his childhood, ones that share his home currently, and of chance encounters with assorted snakes, bats, mongooses, monkeys that haunt houses, and other wildlife... |
Contents
Hope Nest | |
Seventy Millimeters of Trouble | |
The Python of Pura Malai | |
The Passing of Penny | |
The Upside Down Tree | |
Common terms and phrases
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