Excerpts from classic stories for children relate the adventures of Pinocchio, Peter Pan, King Arthur, Anne of Green Gables, Mowgli, Tom Sawyer, and other heroes and heroines.
Lord Bellingham, Carsely's biggest landholder, has enraged locals by saying he is going to sell off their allotments to make way for a new housing development. So when he turns up dead, poisoned by antifreeze, nobody mourns his passing ... Agatha is introduced to three old-timers Harry Perry, Bunty Daventry and Josephine Merriweather, whilst visiting the Carsley’s allotments. They are lamenting the neglected...