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A wonderfully witty tale about every adult's worst the lost pet! Granny Lally is looking after Murphy, the hamster. But she closes her eyes for just one second, and he disappears! What will she do? Granny Lally is looking after Murphy the hamster. Granny promises not to take her eyes off him but looking after Murphy is a full-time job and something is bound to go wrong...
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Granny Lally is looking after Murphy the hamster. Granny promises not to take her eyes off him, but looking after Murphy is a full-time job and something is bound to go wrong . . . A wonderfully witty tale about every adult?s worst fear: the lost pet!
Granny Lally loves to tell tall tales—and her grandchildren never know when to believe her. When the kids go on vacation with their parents, Granny Lally promises to take care of Murphy, their pet hamster. All goes well at first—until Granny starts singing a song while taking her bath. It?s just too awful for the hamster, who runs away. Granny searches high and low, but she can?t find the hamster anywhere. What is she going to do? Tell another tall tale?
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The author: Jamie Rix's first children's book, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, was published in 1990 and was the Smarties Book Prize Children's Choice. Since then he has adapted Grizzly Tales and his other collections of cautionary tales into an award winning animation series on CITV. He is married and lives in South London with his two grown up sons. The illustrator: Since leaving college John has worked for lots of different publishers both in England and the USA illustrating numerous books and making contributions to many more.
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