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Быстрей, быстрей, шептал дом, а старинные часы позади тревожно тикали. Том вышел через черный ход. Сперва он просто удивился, потом возмутился. Они сказали: "Там ничего интересного для тебя нет, Том. Там только задний двор со всяким мусором". Ничего... Только огромная лужайка и клумбы, высоченная ель и толстенные раскидистые тисы. От лужайки в глубь сада…

Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He's picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library - and he just knows he's going to get one for his birthday. Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but he receives a picture of a dog instead of a real one! But the imagination can be a powerful thing, and when Ben puts his to work, his adventures really begin.

Sid, Peggy and Amy adore the two gerbils, Bubble and Squeak, but their mother detests them. A major family battle results, and it's clear life is never going to be quite the same again. But after a near fatal encounter between Bubble and Ginger the cat, Mrs Sparrow begins to see that life with 2 gerbils might not be so bad after all.

Features six favorite stories, including Still Jim and Silent Jim.

Sid has been given a pair of gerbils, Bubble and Squeak, but his mother doesn't want them in the house! The battle to keep them is on.