The Phoenix and the Carpet

I expect you know how boring it can be to stay indoors on rainy days. When, on one of those dull days, the five children accidentally set their nursery on fire (with fireworks), everything has to be replaced. The new nursery carpet, when it arrives, comes with something odd wrapped inside it: an enormous glowing egg. And inside is the most beautiful bird you’ve ever seen—in fact, not a bird: a noble and fabulous phoenix. Even the carpet is not just any old carpet. New adventures have indeed...