Katarina Gondova
The Carpet That Couldn’t Fly
A hand-woven carpet dreams of flying, like magic carpets in fairy tales. But it can’t seem to work out how, and no one wants to buy it. Years later, new hope arrives in an unexpected way...
It was Friday, the last lesson of the day, and the sun seemed to be calling the kids
“... and then at the end of the Cretaceous period, most of the dinosaurs gradually became extinct,” said Mr Trenton, finishing his story. Just then, the bell rang, announcing the end of
“Jeez, sixty-six million years ago! That’s so far back,” declared Alex, tucking his pencil case into his school
“That would be awesome, wouldn’t it?” Mr Trenton said. “But thanks to paleontologists and other scientists, we can at least find-out a lot about dinosaurs here and now. Did you know that fossilised dinosaur bones were found in England a few hundred years ago? They belonged to the genus Megalosaurus, the first dinosaurs ever described in scientific literature.”
“When I grow up, I’m going to find some dinosaur
He joined his friends for lunch, but his thoughts were elsewhere. Afterwards he hurried to the library for more books about
“Alex, can we go…