Peter's Mum and Dad single work   children's fiction   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 Peter's Mum and Dad
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Peter is angry with his parents for making him do chores. He says to himself that he "hates them". After he falls asleep, the Naughty Fairy appears and says she is going to take his parents away because he doesn't appreciate them. When he realises that he can't look after himself, and that his parents make a lot of sacrifices for him, he is remorseful and admits that he actually loves them very much. He awakens and is relieved to discover that it was just a dream.

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    y separately published work icon Animal Talk and Other Stories for Boys and Girls Neville Smith , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1955 Z1500460 1955 selected work children's fiction children's 'Here are twenty-five stories that have escaped from life - that is, the kind of life that most normal Australian boys and girls lead. In them, everyday life become involved with strange things and happenings. Magic comes creeping in when least expected; fairies and sprites appear; animals and objects indulge in conversations; dreams take the oddest turns. But, though there may be a friendly lion in a story, or a sea maid, or a flame fairy who can only speak in rhyme, in every case the central person is a normal Australian girl or boy.' (Inside dust jacket) Melbourne : Cheshire , 1955 pg. 78-81
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