The witch's vacuum cleaner. bk. 2 : and other stories : Children's Circle stories series

Do You Believe In Magic? Can You Imagine A War Between Wizards, A Rebellious Ant Called 4179003, Or A Time-travelling Television? Can You Imagine That Poor Old Mr Swimble Could See A Mysterious Vacuum Cleaner In The Morning, And Make Cheese Sandwiches And Yellow Elephants Magically Appear By The Afternoon? Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Sir Terry Pratchett, And Fourteen Fantastically Funny Tales From The Master Storyteller. Bursting From These Pages Are Food Fights, Pirates, Bouncing Rabbits And Magical Pigeons. And A Witch Riding A Vacuum Cleaner, Of Course. ‘one Of The Most Consistently Funny Writers Around’ Guardian New York Times BestsellerDo you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards? An exciting journey in an airship or down in a submarine? Would you like to meet the fastest truncheon in the Wild West?The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner is the second fabulously funny short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the beloved and bestselling Discworld fantasy series. A follow-up to Dragons at Crumbling Castle, this second batch of storytelling gems features stories written when Sir Terry was just seventeen years old and working as a junior reporter. In these pages, new Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delight—and loyal readers will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life.As Neil Gaiman says, “a Terry Pratchett book is a small miracle”—and The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner proves to be another miracle taking its place alongside Pratchett's astounding and cherished body of work. Poor Mr Swimble is having a bad day. Rabbits are bouncing out of his hat, pigeons are flying out of his jacket and every time he points his finger, something magically appears - cheese sandwiches, socks ... even a small yellow elephant on wheels!It's becoming a real nuisance - and he's allergic to rabbits. His friends at the Magic Rectangle can't help, but the mysterious vacuum cleaner he saw that morning may have something to do with it . . .Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, full of food fights, pirates, wizards and crooks!'Arresting stuff! So funny it's criminal!' - PC Gorsebush Jones Poor Mr Swimble is having a bad day. Rabbits are bouncing out of his hat, pigeons are flying out of his jacket and every time he points his finger, something magically appears - cheese sandwiches, socks and even a small yellow elephant on wheels! It's becoming a real nuisance - and he's allergic to rabbits. His friends at the Magic Rectangle can't help, but the mysteriouss vacuum cleaner he saw that morning may have something to do with it The witch's vacuum cleaner -- The great train robbery -- The truly terrible toothache -- The frozen feud -- Darby and the submarine -- The sheep rodeo scandal -- The ant called 4179003 -- The fire opal -- Lord Cake and the Battle for Banwen's Beacon -- The time-traveling television -- The Blackbury Park statues -- Wizard war -- The extraordinary adventures of Doggins -- Rincemangle, the gnome of Even Moor. Do you believe in magic? Can you imagine a war between wizards? An exciting journey in an airship or down in a submarine? Would you like to meet the fastest truncheon in the Wild West? The Witch#x0;s Vacuum Cleaner is the second short-story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Terry Pratchett, featuring stories that were written when he was a teenager and working as a junior reporter The second fabulously funny short story collection from the late acclaimed storyteller Terry Pratchett. New Pratchett fans will find wonder, mayhem, sorcery, and delight, and loyal listeners will recognize the seeds of ideas that went on to influence his most beloved tales later in life. An anthology of fourteen unpublished short stories, written when Pratchett was in his teens, shares insights into his writing process and the early ideas that inspired his later career.