A Tale Of A Tail

By Linda Benbow

A Tale of a Tail is a collection of ten short children’s stories with characters such as Ghasan the gecko, Fatima the desert dancing rat, Ashrif the donkey who just likes wandering around and Waleed the whale who nearly gets himself stranded in shallow waters. There is also Charlie the ugly cockroach who makes friends with other ugly creatures and saves their lives. Plus Karim the goat who ends up very smelly – in a nice kind of way!
Each adventure brings to life the animals and creatures who live in the hot climate of desert regions and shows just how life means so much more when there is a friend there for you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Mar 31, 2021
• ISBN: 9781528953689

Linda Benbow

Born in India to British parents, Linda Benbow came to UK when she was five and was educated in England. She left London in her mid-thirties with her husband and son and spent much of her working life in the Middle East, working in media and as a journalist in Dubai, as well as working in private schools in Oman and UAE. This opened up recreational opportunities for her such as camping amongst sand dunes, sailing on her boat and snorkelling with dolphins. Linda now lives in Wiltshire, England. She is married with one son who, she says, was the inspiration for this, her first book.

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About the Author

Born in India to British parents, Linda Benbow came to UK when she was five and was educated in England. She left London in her mid-thirties with her husband and son and spent much of her working life in the Middle East, working in media and as a journalist in Dubai, as well as working in private schools in Oman and UAE. This opened up recreational opportunities for her such as camping amongst sand dunes, sailing on her boat and snorkelling with dolphins. Linda now lives in Wiltshire, England. She is married with one son who, she says, was the inspiration for this, her first book.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my son who used to love listening to my made up stories at bedtimes. They were often about things that had happened during the day, such as the gecko incident, or completely imagined and a little bit funny, which had us giggling.

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Linda Benbow (2021)

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank my husband Clarence for his quiet patience in allowing me time to sit in a closed room by myself typing fiction without letting him read a word!

A Tale of a Tail

Two young brothers were noisily playing in their garden. They were on the hunt for wild animals.

Let’s scare them out of that bush over there, shouted little David.

Yes, you jump on Mummy’s flowers and I’ll get ready to catch anything that runs or flies out of there, agreed wiser and bigger brother Peter.

If Mummy wasn’t looking out of the window, there was a chance that they might catch an insect or something. If Mummy was looking out of the window, they would probably catch a slap!

David jumped in with both feet. Yeah, he yelled in delight as he landed on bouncy leaves. Come on out you funny creatures.

The boys had seen a documentary film about wildlife in a tropical jungle. The man on the