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Issue Details: First known date: 1955... 1955 Animal Talk
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Story about a little boy, Tom, who is visited by a talking lion in his dreams after a day at the circus. The lion tells him about various different animals, imparting moral lessons along the way about defending oneself and others who are weaker, helping others unselfishly and being prepared to work in a team for the common good, loyalty and faithfulness, how children should acknowledge and repay the sacrifices parents make for them, and finally, the importance of courage.

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    y separately published work icon Animal Talk and Other Stories for Boys and Girls Neville Smith , Melbourne : Cheshire , 1955 Z1500460 1955 selected work children's fiction children's 'Here are twenty-five stories that have escaped from life - that is, the kind of life that most normal Australian boys and girls lead. In them, everyday life become involved with strange things and happenings. Magic comes creeping in when least expected; fairies and sprites appear; animals and objects indulge in conversations; dreams take the oddest turns. But, though there may be a friendly lion in a story, or a sea maid, or a flame fairy who can only speak in rhyme, in every case the central person is a normal Australian girl or boy.' (Inside dust jacket) Melbourne : Cheshire , 1955 pg. 13-15
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