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"Don't you know a sand-fairy when you see one?"

I dare say you have often thought about what you would do if you were granted three wishes. The five children Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother had often talked about it but when they are faced with the grumpy sand-fairy they find it difficult to make up their minds. And that is just the beginning of their dilemmas. As they discover, there is nothing quite like a wish for getting you into terrible trouble."

'"Stand firm, '" said Peter, "and wave like mad "'

They were not railway children to begin with. When their Father mysteriously leaves home Roberta (everyone calls her Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter must move to a small cottage in the countryside with Mother. It is a bitter blow to leave their London home, but soon...