The Dream Thing
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Cover Story
Our cover illustration this month is by Shirley Hughes from The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook (see her article in this issue), published by Bodley Head (0 370 31516 2) at £8.99. We thank them for their help in reproducing an illustration from the book.
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The Dream Thing
Jen, half-gypsy, is the butt of jokes and taunts by other pupils at school. When gypsies arrive and set up camp in neighbouring wasteland, she is troubled by a disturbing vision of a malevolent spiky creature. At first she's convinced the gypsies have conjured up the 'dream thing', but eventually realises the creature is a manifestation of her own fear and hatred of the gypsies. It's somewhat over-schematised, they fantasy elements more strongly drawn than the real-life happenings, but is an imaginative portrayal of insecurity and prejudice.
