In Nazi Germany, during the Second World War, two Dutch youngsters Greta Mappel and Piet Tilburg were trying to get home to Holland. They had an unusual companion, an old circus lion called Marmaduke.
A cow believes it is a show jumper.
Maisie Moss has a pet duck called Quackers, who is a real character. His personality soon has him in demand for advertisements.
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Inky is a pup with the gift of the gab, so he tells his own stories of his life as a watchdog at St Ives Boarding School.
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Diana Sefton is an excellent gymnast at Linwood School despite being completely blind. When she regains her sight after an accident, she keeps it a secret because she cannot bear to part with Goldie, her guide dog. But her conscience keeps niggling.
Katie Brown finds nine abandoned kittens in a shed on her father’s new farm. She keeps them a secret while finding homes for them as she fears they will be put down.
Hanni Todd, a gipsy orphan had a great gift for healing animals. The local animal doctor feared Hanni would take away all his customers, and had forced her to go into an orphanage where Hanni pined for her freedom. Mistress Crow, the matron of the orphanage, over-worked and under-fed the children, and used the orphanage funds for herself. One day Hanni was sent to treat a horse that belonged to Sir Oliver Christy, a man of great influence. She decided that if she could cure the horse, and earn Sir Oliver’s gratitude, she would tell Sir Oliver what was going on at the orphanage.
The Healing Hands of Hanni – Mandy: #467 (27 December 1975) – #480 (27 March 1976)
When three live bears attached themselves to Goldie Lock, it began an adventure which landed Goldie and her friend, Pat Howard on the island of Sawaki. The Sawakians had a colony of these sacred bears. They believed that as long as the bears lived, valuable osmium mines would continue. But their enemies, the Katolians, made a surprise attack and killed all the bears except Goldie’s three, whom she and her friend managed to hide. Losing heart, the superstitious Sawakians surrendered. Goldie was convinced that if they knew that some of the sacred bears were saved, the Sawakians would rise up again. But first a safer hiding place had to be found for the bears.
Jill Norris’s parents breed Pekinese dogs, but although Jill likes dogs, she does not share their taste for Pekineses. Then Jill finds an injured, stray lurcher she names Jack, and once Jack recovers, Jill decides to train him for dog agility competitions. But Jack has an unruly side that have Jill’s parents concerned.
Ringo the pup is leading a double life. He is caught between Sara Rochester, the girl who looks after him, and Tracey Morgan, who also needs him.
