Eiry Rees Thomas
Introducing the Flitlits to Young ReadersAt your place, or any space where flowers grow or rivers flow, spring up!Spot folk at plots that time forgot within a shaded shelter.A map at hand lays out the land.It is a hidden corner.Funny fables come your way that share the far folk’s daring days.They may be tricky, good or betterThe folk flit and swish.They float when they wish.Follow them soon.THE FLITLITSAbout Introductory Book 7 / OTTO ZOOM / Supported Reading / UK English VersionA family at the land of Seldom See is based at long Pull Plot. The busy corner of the far-off land is a lively spot.The plot is home to family Zoom who widen, shorten, pinch and loom.All their clothes are made to order. The family spring to tall, or taller and shrink again to short, or shorter.They also spread to wide, or wider.Young Otto Zoom puffs out his chest and spreads his grin from right to left.He likes to win games and long words, for example, ’harpsichord’.STORY 7 finds Otto entering a Pull-In Dental Centre.A dentist asks him with a grin, 'Could you please drop down your chin?I’ll check each tooth but must begin with a small mouth, or else fall in!'Later, Otto chalks out marks and lays out pegs at a green named Shake-a-Leg.He greets his good friends Jake MacJake, Posy Pose and a serious snake.They choose to play Break, Shake and Fake.The take-charge snake roots out bluffing and mistakes. Who rattles jangling skeleton keys and why is Otto far from pleased?
