![]() He then wishes the Sun back in the sky, and wishes a wart on his left hind fetlock would disappear, and it does. But when he said the same thing holding the pebble in his hoof, the sky turned black, there was lightning and a clap of thunder, and the rain came shooting down." He tests it! He doesn't just assume it's magic he tests it like a scientist! It's just one test, but that's more than you get in most stories of this sort. I really like what happens next: "To make a test, he put the pebble on the ground and said, 'I wish it would rain again.' Nothing happened. He thinks that's weird, and wonders if the pebble might be magic. The rain is bothering him, so he wishes it would stop raining, and the rain immediately stops. He finds a red, shiny, perfectly round rock, and is surprised by this, so he picks it up. The story: there's a donkey named Sylvester who lives in a house (oddly, his parents wear clothes but he doesn't) and collects unusual pebbles. I think it's probably aimed at children a little older than him. ![]() I mean, it's not gory or anything, but I think my 4-year-old would be scared of this (but then he's already scared of rocks- big ones that might fall and break our house despite us not living anywhere near such things). I guess this is technically well done for a book about being careful what you wish for, but I think maybe it's a little disturbing for younger kids. ![]()
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