George the Greytown Wizard
The townspeople did not care for their town and it became untidy and run down. One night all colour left the town and it turned a dreadful grey. The people called on George to bring the colour back. He tried unsuccessfully until he met Rhiannon who was a young artist. Together they solved the problem The townspeople did not care for their town and it became untidy and run down. One night all colour left the town and it turned a dreadful grey. The people called on George to bring the colour back. He tried unsuccessfully until he met Rhiannon who was a young artist. Together they solved the problem
George, the grey town wizardelectronic versionISBN 978-0-6453018-0-9© 2004 Caroline Ambruspublished by irrePRESSible Pressweb site: www.irrepressible.spaceAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproducedor transmitted in any form or by any means, electronicor mechanical, including photocopying, recording,performing, storage in an information retrieval system, orotherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisherand the copyright holder. Application for such permissionshould be addressed to the publisher. Where copies ofpart or the whole of this book are made under Section 53Bor Section 53D of the Copyright Act 1968, the law requiresthat records of such copying be kept and the copyright holderis entitled to claim payment.The author wishes to acknowledge Kaaren Sutcliffe’s assistancein assessing and editing the manuscript.key words: juvenile fiction, colour, magic, community,townships2
George, the grey town wizardwritten and illustratedby Caroline Ambrus3
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- Page 5 and 6: CONTENTSsection one — the teasing
- Page 7 and 8: the teasingGeorge was a wizard with
- Page 9 and 10: about is making money. None of you
- Page 11 and 12: The fog drifted over the owls keepi
- Page 13 and 14: The Town Clerk and his wife hurried
- Page 15 and 16: times of unusual weather reversals,
- Page 17 and 18: the grey world through their lace c
- Page 19 and 20: down and other simple spells like t
- Page 21 and 22: Still George persisted. The flame o
- Page 23 and 24: all, a rather big, heavy boy. He ne
- Page 25 and 26: the churchA couple of months had pa
- Page 27 and 28: Every Sunday the preachers blamed t
- Page 29 and 30: Travellers took the long way around
- Page 31 and 32: Her father said sadly, “I really
- Page 33 and 34: into the next week. Then the school
- Page 35 and 36: One day Rhiannon had a good look at
- Page 37 and 38: flashes of colourGeorge had noticed
- Page 39 and 40: Next he put all his notes up on the
- Page 41 and 42: Her father replied in a soothing to
- Page 43 and 44: wizard. George thought to himself,
- Page 45 and 46: He rubbed the ointment and nothing
- Page 47 and 48: possible. You and your town would h
- Page 49 and 50: Mayor would call on him to put it r
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George, the grey town wizard
electronic version
ISBN 978-0-6453018-0-9
© 2004 Caroline Ambrus
published by irrePRESSible Press
web site: www.irrepressible.space
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced
or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic
or mechanical, including photocopying, recording,
performing, storage in an information retrieval system, or
otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher
and the copyright holder. Application for such permission
should be addressed to the publisher. Where copies of
part or the whole of this book are made under Section 53B
or Section 53D of the Copyright Act 1968, the law requires
that records of such copying be kept and the copyright holder
is entitled to claim payment.
The author wishes to acknowledge Kaaren Sutcliffe’s assistance
in assessing and editing the manuscript.
key words: juvenile fiction, colour, magic, community,
townships
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