One family moved in the country. Their new house is on the hill,with a gravel-pit on one side.So, children go to the gravel-pit and dig a hole.Then they heard someone`s voice under the feet.....
It is easy to read. In the story, the children failed many times ,I think it is funny and difficult to request good wish. (

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takeyo | Dec 17, 2009 |

When the children was digging the gravel pit,they found a very strange thing.It's a sand-fairy.It's fat and furry,and it has long eyes.But it can give people a wish.The children ask it to give the wishes many times.But many trouble happen.
If I give many wishes,I'm very happy.But I leaned that greed is not good from this story.This book is very interesting. (

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chiroru | Dec 7, 2009 |

There are five children and a sand-fairy who gives a wish.
The wish must be only for a day.The effect is until sun goes down.
The sand-fairy gives many wishes of children.
But every wishes went wrong.
When I finished reading this book, I thought it is wrong to depend on others for wishes.
Maybe this book let you think about dependence. (

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shicha | Dec 5, 2009 |

This is a story of communication between five chidren and "it".
"It" is a Psammead,a sand fairy. It can give wishes to people have wish, but the wish ends when the sun goes down.

We have many wishes.For exanple,to be beautiful,to be rich, to fly like a bird and so on.
But I think we can't know which is a really good wish. (

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grapevine | Nov 18, 2009 |

Five children come out to this book.
Their names are Anthea,Cyril,Robert,Jane and baby.
When children dug a hole, they found a fairy.
The fairy makes them happy and grants their wish.
But wishes is only for a day, so some problems happen.
I thought that it was not pretty when I watched the fairy of the cover,but the fairy is very nice fairy. (

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milky2 | Nov 7, 2009 |

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When 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. 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 give wishes - one wish a day. 'How wonderful!' the children said. But wishes are difficult things. They can get you into trouble ...

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