LITMIR.BIZ

      

      First published in Great Britain in 1982

      by Kaye & Ward Ltd

      This edition published 2011

      by Egmont UK Limited

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      Text copyright © 1982 Michael Morpurgo

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      ISBN 978 1 4052 5675 9

      eBook ISBN 978 1 7803 1062 6

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      INTRODUCTION

      ONE OF THE LAST PLACES YOU COME TO before Cornwall disappears into the Atlantic Ocean is the tiny churchtown of Zennor. Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened here. There are stories from the past of mermaids and spriggans and knockers and witches. The stories in this book however do not come from the past. They have all happened in my lifetime.

      The ‘Eagle’s Nest’ of the title is the great outcrop of rock that dominates the fields and farmsteads below. From here you can see the coastline all the way from St Ives to Pendeen Lighthouse. You can see the churchtown of Zennor itself below the high moor, and you can feel that here anything is possible, perhaps even probable.

      Before you begin ‘The Giant’s Necklace’ I would ask you to read the stories in the order in which you find them. You will understand why when you have finished the book.

      M. M. Zennor 1982

      CONTENTS

       The Giant’s Necklace

       The White Horse of Zennor

       ‘Gone to Sea’

       Milk for the Cat

       Mad Miss Marney