Philip Rhayader is a painter. He lives alone in an old, empty lighthouse. But his life changes when a young girl from the village brings him a snow goose. It is hurt and he and the girl must look after it. This haunting tale is one of three stories in this collection, the others are The Doll and The Silver Swans.
De resolute, maar daarom niet minder liefdevolle Ada Harris gaat ditmaal naar Amerika om te proberen een verlaten jochie te herenigen met zijn vader, een voormalig Amerikaans soldaat. Het verhaal van Ada Harris' reis naar New York, haar ontmoeting met de enige man die de kleine Henry de Verenigde Staten kon binnen goochelen en haar uiteindelijk geslaagde poging, die een kinderloos echtpaar gelukkig maakt, levert een hartveroverende roman op.
A young girl called Mouche is about to throw herself into the Seine, when her attention is attracted by a voice. It turns out to be the voice of a glove puppet, called Carrot Top. She then meets Reynard the fox, Gigi, Alifanfaron, Dr Duclos, Madame Muscat and Monsieur Nicholas. The story is about her relationship with the seven puppets and their grim puppetmaster, Capitaine Coq, and what happens when she joins their travelling show. This is another of Paul Gallico's brilliant short novels. You find yourself thinking, as Mouche does, of the puppets as individuals, and completely forgetting that they are only puppets.
A Story of Liechtenstein
