The Prime Minister is compiling a dictionary and when no one at court can agree on the meaning of delicious, the King sends his twelve-year-old messenger to poll the country.
A young boy named Egan sets out to prove that the strange sounds coming from the top of the Mammoth Mountains near his aunt and uncle's home--which the villagers believe are the cries of a mysterious monster--have a reasonable explanation.
Nobody knows what is best for the Prince except the Prince himself and the court jester, but they aren't asked about it and it takes the cook's daughter to clear things up.
A sea captain's widow waits for her husband to send her a message from the bottom of the sea. Waiting with her are her granddaughter and a man named Seward.
Phoebe prefers sitting in the bathtub to dressing in frills and sashes, but wearing her father's clothes does not please her as much as a plain navy sailor dress.
Nellie, a cat marionette, loves to dance. Then she's left on her own and believes her dancing is over until her friend, Big Tom, takes her to a moonlit cat gathering.
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
Nellie, a cat marionette, loves to dance. Then she's left on her own and believes her dancing is over until her friend, Big Tom, takes her to a moonlit cat gathering.
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents drinkers from ever growing any older.
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
