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The Tale of Oat Cake Crag (Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, Bk 7)
The Tale of Oat Cake Crag - Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, Bk 7 Author:Susan Wittig Albert Miss Beatrix Potter has returned to Near Sawrey, seeking refuge from the bluster of London in the quiet of a mild March. But it is 1912, and elsewhere in England, Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, is said to be preparing for the unpleasant possibility of war. In the Lake District, the country peace has been interrup... more »ted by the numerous and noisy test flights of a new flying machine: the hydroplane. The constant buzz is disrupting life all through the village, for animals and Big Folk alike, and Beatrix can barely hear herself think -- which she very much needs to do, given the difficult new case she's just taken up. Her friend Grace Lythecoe has been receiving some anonymous letters of an unfriendly nature, threatening her good name and her plans to marry.
Now, Beatrix must proceed as quietly as possible so as not to arouse village gossip. And while her visit has proven to be anything but quiet, there is yet another piece of business for Beatrix to address: that of her own future. When she's offered a second chance at love, though her parents are against it, she decides that sometimes causing a disturbance is well worth the trouble.« less