The Old Lady's Adventures

By Lizzy Clarke

The book is about having adventures with dragons, fairies, and elves of the magical fantasy. It is about stepping into another world of imagination where dreams and wishes come true. Also, it is about leaning on our friends for support and guidance and keeping each other safe in the light of danger and when things go wrong and being positive each and every day.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Jun 27, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466940413

Lizzy Clarke

The author has written two other children’s books and enjoys the stories as much as she writes them. She gets her inspiration from everyday things, from her beloved animals she cares for and her granddaughter, her bobby, her faithful husband, who is always by her side. The author of this book would like all children to be able to read her stories as there are messages within the story, for every one of her stories are full of magical adventures, which takes the reader far away beyond reality. Then when you have finished the last page, wanting more of the story, she hopes to write for as long as there is someone to read them to lift the spirits of children and adults everywhere.

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The

Old Lady’s

Adventures

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Lizzy Clarke

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© Copyright 2012 Lizzy Clarke.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

isbn: 978-1-4669-4040-6 (sc)

isbn: 978-1-4669-4039-0 (hc)

isbn: 978-1-4669-4041-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012909807

Trafford rev. 05/25/2012

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Contents

Chapter 1      Finding Friends

Chapter 2      The Enchanted Forest

Chapter 3      The Journey Home

Chapter 4      Meeting Bobby Good Shoes

Chapter 5      Returning Home Again

Chapter 1

Finding Friends

There was once a little house that stood all alone in a very old forest. No one lived there and nobody ever came to visit; the little house felt lonely and cold. His windows would creak, and his stairs swayed backwards and forwards, just waiting for someone to come and love him again.

Then one day, not any particular day, an old woman was walking through the forest on her way home when she happened to come across the little house. As she stood there for a while wondering why no one appeared to live there, she started to look through the large windows, then she went up and knocked at the big front door, but no one came. The little house was so excited that someone was knocking at the door that he gave out a huge moan. Oh my, said the old lady, and again, the house gave out a gigantic moan that the old lady almost fell over. Oh dear, she said, what’s happening? getting to her feet. Just then, the big front door swung open and the old lady peeped inside, so the little house opened his big door a little more. The old lady walked in. She noticed there was no furniture, no children laughing or playing, and no one baking cakes. The house was empty. Oh dear, said the old lady, no one to care for you. That’s really sad. So the old lady went outside and sat on the step and thought and thought about the house and how she would make it better again. The old lady waited and waited for someone to come, but no one came home. Then when the sun had gone to bed, the old lady went back to the front door and spoke to the little house and said, Tomorrow, I will come back and bring some cleaning tools to make you shine and feel better again. Don’t worry, little house, and with that, she had walked down the path and round the corner before you could say hickle pickle.

The little house waited patiently all that day and night until the sun came up in the morning and began to feel so sad that maybe the old woman might never come back again. Until he heard a lot of clanging and banging, the little house thought, What is that noise? Just then, he noticed it was the old lady, and she wasn’t alone—she had brought with her an elf and a donkey. Oh my, thought the little house. As they reached the little house, the old lady said to the little house, Hello, house, look who I met on my way here, they have come with me to help make you feel better again. The little house just sighed and felt happy again and opened his front door. Now, said the old lady, we have lots of work to do.

As she walked into the house, she spoke to the house and said, First, let’s take down all these drapes from your windows so you can see the sunshine. The old lady reached for her big bright-red bag. She had with her a broom, then she took out a golden cloth, and laid them on the floor. As soon as she had laid the cloth down, it said, Don’t lay me on this cold floor, I will get wrinkles and I’m tired. The old lady said, Now that’s enough, we have lots of work to do, so pick yourself up and brush yourself down, let’s get some work done! Then the old lady reached in her bag again and brought out the smallest prettiest bag you had ever seen. She gently undid the ribbon wrapped around the top of the bag, put a finger in, and brought