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Along Came a Llama
- Author
- Ruth Janette Ruck
- Narrator
- Julie Maisey
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Publish Date
- 29 September 2020
- Run Time
- 7 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
My Family and Other Animals meets
The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the
charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever.
Things llamas like:
Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the
Radio Times.
Fluttering movie star eyelashes at surprised visitors.
Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire.
Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing.
Humming along to classical music.
Locking victims in the lavatory.
Things llamas dislike:
Having toenails trimmed by a visiting circus.
Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb.
Invitations to star on
Blue Peter.
Accidentally swimming.
Snowdonia's rainfall.
The dark.
Ruth Ruck's family live on a Welsh mountain farm, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. When dark days strike, they embark on a farming experiment to cheer them all up - but raising a baby llama proves more of an adventure than expected .
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Details
- Author
- Ruth Janette Ruck
- Narrator
- Julie Maisey
- Duration
- 7 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 September 2020
- ISBN
- 9780571363216
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Genre
- Agriculture and farming, Nature and the natural world: general interest
Synopsis
My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever. Things llamas like: Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times. Fluttering movie star eyelashes at surprised visitors. Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by the fire. Orbiting, helicoptering, and oompahing. Humming along to classical music. Locking victims in the lavatory. Things llamas dislike: Having toenails trimmed by a visiting circus. Being adopted mother to an orphaned lamb. Invitations to star on Blue Peter. Accidentally swimming. Snowdonia's rainfall. The dark. Ruth Ruck's family live on a Welsh mountain farm, no strangers to cow pats on the carpet and nesting hens in the larder. When dark days strike, they embark on a farming experiment to cheer them all up - but raising a baby llama proves more of an adventure than expected .
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