Toby Tucker is an orphan who has been fostered by the kind Don and Evie. His sole possession is a chest filled with torn paper, and a strange message: Piece your family tree together and you'll find out who you are and when you come from. "When, not ...
"I took a huge load of pig swill round to Len and Kath. They let me help with the pigs sometimes, but I just gave them a scratch (the pigs, not Len and Kath!) When I started all this salvage lark, I said I was going to do my bit by becoming the champ...
"I hate Scrope, Nellie. I like working with the beasts, but I do not want to work for that man any more. But who would give a job to a dung boy?" I think I could be a gardener. I asked the merchant's wife, very respectfully, "Madam, do you need a boy...
I was just dipping a nicely bulging pocket when something gripped my neck. My stomach scrunched up. I whipped my hand out of the pocket and froze. A hoarse voice whispered, "I told you to stay off Mr. Barkitt's patch. Didn't I?" As he said, "Didn't I...
"I waded further in, not looking down in case I saw something nasty float past. Then I thought: Stupid fool! How will you find treasure unless you look down? The smell was getting to me. I wondered how much worse the stink would be where a drain empt...