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The Water Horse

AuthorDick King-Smith

NarratorNathaniel Parker

Duration1h 30m

CategoriesChildren's Fiction

Key StageKS2

PublisherChivers

VersionUnabridged

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When a storm washes up a strange pod-like object on the seashore, Kirstie decides to take it home and put it in the bath. The next day it hatches into a tiny green-grey creature, with a horse's head, a warty skin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail.

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