He attaches them to paper balloons and sends them out on a windy night. The eleventh story is blank. Bambert hopes it will write itself.
Gradually the stories return, with postmarks from all round the world. But Bambert’s life-work is not complete until the return of the eleventh story, the fate of which is still unknown…
When it came out in hardback, this was one of our favourite books…but didn’t sell. Will you buy it in paperback? We shall see! Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
