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THE DARK NEST  VOLUME 3

 

THE COUGH

There's no mistaking a cough.

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MIRACLE JAM

A jam that changes everything

MOBY DICK

Sarah thinks she has found a beached whale

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CHILI

A cautionary tale from the 1920s. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. And the guilty too.

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TALES OF THE TRICORN

If the hat fits...

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THE GATHERING

An empty landscape becomes full

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ODD

Sometimes a 3-pin plug can have peculiar things at the end of its lead

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THE CHRISTMAS TREE

It's not always the Season of Goodwill

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FRIENDSHIP

An intruder disrupts a cosy

evening at home

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THE SINGING
FOREST

A door leads into a vibrant

new world

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CAKEWALK

The past is another country

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CHILDE'S PLAY

A portrait looks out of the frame

and speaks

THE VOICE

His voice changed overnight

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THE LITTLE MACHINES

Not everything runs like clockwork

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BETTER THAN
GINSTERS

It's often hard to get pastry right

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THERE'S NO PLACE
LIKE HOME

Keeping it in the family

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THE PLOUGH

A field, a tractor and a big sky

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THE JUNGLE BOOK

Being hairy is not so bad

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THE MAGIC BOOKSHOP

A surprising place in Lockdown Street

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