Product DescriptionWhen the children dug a hole in the gravel-pit, they were very surprised at what they found. 'It' was a Psammead, a sand-fairy, thousands of years old.(br /)It was a strange little thing - fat and furry, and with eyes on long stalks. It was often very cross and unfriendly, but it could givewishes - one wish a day. 'How wonderful!' the children said.(br /)But wishes are difficult things. They can get you into trouble...About the AuthorJennifer Bassett is Series Editor of the Oxford Bookworms Collection, for which she has written original stories One-Way Ticket and The President's Murderer.