Tereza Sebesta
Baba Yaga Next Door
Andy spends all day, every day, reading. He likes tales of mystery and magic. In fact, he has been so engrossed in his book that he hasn’t noticed one of his neighbours is actually a witch…
“Hey, Peapod, do you see anything?” shouted Onionette.
“I don’t see anything,” replied Peapod, shaking his head.
Onionette and Peapod were sitting on the windowsill in the old shed, peering at the road
Anna wasn’t an ordinary little girl. She knew how to listen well. Once, while walking through the snow near an old abandoned shed, her ears pricked up — she noticed a faint squeaking
“Is that a mouse? Hmm, in the middle of winter?” she wondered. But when she looked closer, she saw that it was not a mouse. Through the etched glass she saw a pile of
That’s why Peapod and Onionette were always excited about her visits.
“Ever since Anna discovered us in the shed, all kinds of wonderful things have been happening here,” said Onionette
“And she took me to the big playground,” boasted Peapod. “And Pickles said that Anna introduced him to all the animals on the farm the other
“Just when is she coming to visit us again?” The seeds were feeling anxious, unaware that Anna was currently sitting at her school desk learning how to count. She felt the same — she couldn’t wait to go to the old shed and teach the little seeds how much five times four is.…