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    A Tale From the Forest: Welcome To The Neighbourhood
    A Tale From the Forest: Welcome To The Neighbourhood
    A Tale From the Forest: Welcome To The Neighbourhood
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    A Tale From the Forest: Welcome To The Neighbourhood

    By James D Robinson

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    When something crashes into a forest in the heart of England, it changes the lives of the creatures who live there when they make a most unexpected discovery, and subsequently help to bring down a criminal organisation. Suitable for age groups both young and old.
    A new fantasy fiction from the author of KING THINKALOT'S ARCHIVE : Tales from the time of Magic.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames D Robinson
    Release dateSep 15, 2020
    ISBN9780463316900
    A Tale From the Forest: Welcome To The Neighbourhood
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    James D Robinson

    James D Robinson was born in Darlington, County Durham, England, in 1949.He worked for a local Council Authority for over 30 years and took early retirement in 2005.Outside of work, he studied traditional Black & White printing and Photographic Portraiture in the mid 1980's at The Darlington College of Technology, whilst also pursuing other interests in the arts ( mainly with Drawing.)His photographic work is represented in the permanent photo collections of both the UK's : National Portrait Gallery, and the Picture Library of the Royal Society, and to date, he has self published 3 books of photographs.He only developed an interest in writing and creating books in 2005, but has now self published 10 books in all.He has also had material - both photographic and /or writing - published in several magazines, including, Popular Astronomy magazine, The Journal of the Royal Photographic Society, The Best of British magazine, Amateur Photographer magazine, and North East Life magazine.In the academic arena, he has an interest in Cosmology, and beyond that, he is also the creator of a Time capsule, now stored in the Archive Department of the UK's Durham County Record Office, where it will remain unopened until the 21st of March 2317, making it - at the time of this writing - a time capsule with the 5th longest period of closure on record.He now lives in Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham, England.

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      A Tale From the Forest - James D Robinson

      A TALE FROM THE FOREST

      WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

      JAMES D ROBINSON

      SMASHWORDS E-BOOK EDITION

      First Published in 2020

      by

      Eocrantis Publishing

      Copyright : 2020 ; James D Robinson

      The right of James D Robinson to be identified as the author of this work is hereby asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents act of 1988.

      No part of this publication should be copied in any way or form without the written permission of the publisher.

      Cover Design : James D Robinson

      ISBN :

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only, and should not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient.

      If you are reading this ebook and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for you only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      CONTENTS

      NORMALITY UNDONE

      THE UNVEILING

      HIDEANDSEEK

      THE PLAN

      THE ENCOUNTER

      THE DELIVERY

      RECONNAISSANCE

      TO THE LAND OF GRAVES

      RENDEZVOUS

      NEW TACTICS

      ROUND TWO

      END GAME

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      James D Robinson was born in Darlington, Co Durham, England, in 1949. He studied traditional b/w photo printing and photographic portraiture at the Darlington College of Technology in the 1980’s though he has many other interests which, in addition to writing, include: drawing, graphic design, and in the academic arena, cosmology, for which he retains an amateur status.

      His photo work is represented in the permanent photo collections of the UK’s: National Portrait Gallery, and The Picture Library of the Royal Society, and he is the creator of a time capsule, now stored in the Archive Department of the UK’s: Durham County Record Office, where it will remain unopened until the 21st of March, 2317, making it a time capsule – at the time of this writing – with the 5th longest period of closure on record.

      OTHER BOOKS by JAMES D ROBINSON

      The Authenticated Meteoric Falls of the Britsh Isles

      The Pseudo Meteoric Events of the British Isles

      This & That – A Photographic Album

      The Day the Bridges Fell

      Historica Personica – Photographic Portraits captured at Living History events.

      Photoworks – A Multiverse of Images

      The Poster Designs of James D Robinson

      Musings on the Cosmos – Going beyond the Box

      King Thinkalot’s Archive – Tales from the Time of Magic

      The Non- Zero Universe – A New Look at the Logic of a Cosmological Evermore

      The text in this book is presented without indents

      by design, not error

      CHAPTER ONE

      Normality Undone

      The Rabbit, or simply Rab, to those acquainted with the creature, he being a senior member of the Brockwell Forest community, had just settled down at his breakfast table to enjoy a bowl of hot soup mixed with freshly buttered toast, when a sudden outpouring of loud noises gave him the shock of his life.

      He jerked back on his seat and called out with alarm: What the dickens? whilst his normal placidity gave way to a state of vexedness.

      This is too much, he said angrily, throwing his soup spoon into his soup bowl and thereby splashing its contents onto his newly ironed shirt.

      When a fellow can’t enjoy his breakfast with a bit of peace and quiet, then the world is surely sliding into a state of chaos.

      And with that he raced across the room of his house, which was formed in the trunk of an old oak tree, threw open a window, and looked out onto the clearing to find some of his neighbours, Smudge the Grey Squirrel, and Wings the Raven, amongst them, pointing this way and that in a clearly agitated manner.

      Hey! Smudge, shouted the Rabbit. What in the world is going on?

      Ah! morning Rab, said Smudge, turning to face the Rabbit. I guess ya heard it then?

      Cause I heard it. replied the Rabbit, with a degree of bitterness. How could I not. The damn thing made me spill my soup, but what the dickens has happened?

      Don’t know for sure. said Smudge, We just heard a number of loud noises same as you, and then an almighty bang before everything fell silent. Everyone’s in a bit of a dither at the moment, as there are signs of smoke in the distance.

      The Rabbit gave a grunt of frustration realising that his daily routine was about to be disrupted; he was, after all, the elected investigator of all unusual affairs that might come about in the forest and the recent event was certainly something well within his official brief.

      Ok, he said with a heavy sigh. I’ll be out in a jiffy. This is clearly a matter we need to look into and pronto.

      And with that he closed the window and went to change his soup stained shirt. When he finally emerged from his house, resplendent in fashionable clothes and with his trusty walking stick held firmly in his right hand, Smudge and Wings had been joined by other familiar faces, namely, Fer the Ferret, Titch the Beaver, as well as the eye catching presence of Squish the female Red Squirrel with a white tip to her tail, who, with her best friend Daisy the Field Mouse, had travelled over from The Grove, otherwise known to all as ‘the posh end of the forest’.

      Well, said the Rabbit, somewhat taken aback at the reception. Looks like we’ve got ourselves a little posse here. Have you all come to assist me with the investigation?

      Everyone gave an Aye, in response.

      Very well then, said the Rabbit, raising his walking stick as if it was a general’s baton. But just let me remind you that if you do participate, you will be acting under my authority on official business. We are not going on some seasonal holiday jaunt. Is that clearly understood?

      All present gave another Aye.

      Right, said the Rabbit. Do we know from which direction the noise came from?

      Well, according to some Crows I’ve just spoken to, said the Raven, a large object has just fallen into the forest over by Broker’s Hill. They say its made quite a mess though they didn’t hang about to find out what the object is. It probably scared the heebee jeebers out of them. I know it did me.

      Indeed, said the Rabbit, putting his best foot forward. "I guess we’ll take a wander over to Broker’s Hill then and see if we can make some sense of the matter.

      If the trees have been damaged then that should lead us to the object. There’s nothing much else we can do at present."

      Heads nodded in agreement.

      I’ll fly on ahead, said the Raven, "to check out the lie of the land and the source of that smoke.

      Excellento, said the Rabbit, but don’t go looking for trouble.

      Cause not said the Raven, taking flight. Wouldn’t dream of it. See you la----ter .

      The Rabbit looked on bemused, then moved off into the forest, the rest of the party following, with the Ferret bringing up the rear.

      They came upon the first signs of the damaged trees about an hour later, and glancing up at the shattered tree canopy as they struggled through the undergrowth, it seemed self-evident that whatever had scythed its way into the forest must have been moving at a great speed, for stretching out before them was a long curving avenue of severely splintered branches.

      … cause I could be wrong, said the Rabbit, after offering up his appraisal, but I’d say it takes some force to break a branch like ‘that’, At which point he raised his walking stick

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