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If you want to outwit crafty mice -- read Roald Dahl's tale which gives its title to this wonderful menagerie of animal stories. You can also meet a talking dog, a guinea-pig genius, a dragon who needs love, a lion who goes to school and one very contented cat! Written by top children's authors / Elisabeth Beresford / Roald Dahl / Colin Dann / Rose Impey / Dick King-Smith / Penelope Lively / E. Nesbit / Brian Patten / Philippa Pearce Published in aid of the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children "!little gems" YOUNG TELEGRAPH