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    Shaking the Tree: Wordsworth Shorts, #27
    Shaking the Tree: Wordsworth Shorts, #27
    Shaking the Tree: Wordsworth Shorts, #27
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    Shaking the Tree: Wordsworth Shorts, #27

    By Diane Wordsworth

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    When apples started to mysteriously appear around the house, Pat thought it was obvious who was leaving them. His wife Bernadette, on the other hand, wasn't having any of it.

     

    This SHORT STORY has been published in The People's Friend, Twee Tales Twee, and Twee Tales More.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaggins Bottom Books
    Release dateAug 8, 2022
    ISBN9798201618391
    Shaking the Tree: Wordsworth Shorts, #27
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    Diane Wordsworth

    Diane Wordsworth was born and bred in Solihull in the West Midlands when it was still Warwickshire. She started to write for magazines in 1985 and became a full-time freelance photojournalist in 1996. In 1998 she became sub-editor for several education trade magazines and started to edit classroom resources, textbooks and non-fiction books. In 2004 Diane moved from the Midlands to South Yorkshire where she edited an in-house magazine for an international steel company for six years. She still edits and writes on a freelance basis.

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      Shaking the Tree - Diane Wordsworth

      Shaking the Tree

      a Wordsworth short

      Shaking the Tree

      a Wordsworth short

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      Diane Wordsworth

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      This short story has been published in The People’s Friend, Twee Tales Twee, and Twee Tales More

      Copyright © Diane Wordsworth 2022

      Cover image courtesy of Canva

      Note: In no way does the content of this story reflect on the models on the cover.

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      The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the creator of this work.

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      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 or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author or publisher.

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