Chuck is a whippet. A very nervous whippet, who's scared of absolutely everything: paper bags, pigeons, supermarket trolleys, cats. Some people say Chuck's a wimpet, not a whippet & Mum keeps pretending she's going to give Chuck away, but Danielle loves her whippet & knows that there's more to Chuck than meets the eye.

This collection from Peter Dickinson and Robin McKinley reflects and explores the magical and symbolic characteristics of the element water. 'Water' includes stories of mermaids and other fabled inhabitants of the deep.