The Rainbow Animal

Rachel, ATexan Schoolgirl, Takes Her Hamster, Waffles, For ASecret Ride On The Strange Carousel Rainbow Animal In HoustonShe Ends Up In Colourwallytown Where People And Houses Are Painted Cheerful Colours, And Gets Mistaken For Their New Military Advisor In An Impending War With Neighbouring Black And White DullabillievilleThe Reason For The War Appears To Be ADispute Over The True Colour Of Witches She Sees ABoy In Grey Climb Down From The Zebra And Leave The Carousel In The Direction Of Dullabillieville, And Is Certain He?s Her Studious Classmate Alec, Accused By Kids At School Of Being The Son Of WitchesTaken In By AKind Landlady, Mrs Pink, Her Hair, Shoes And, By Mistake, Waffles, Are Dyed Pink To Conform With Colourwally RegulationsAt ABizarre Council Of War With President Banana, His Nailpainting Wife, First Lady Violet, The Sheriff, Sergeant And ABatty General Greengage, The Fact That She Has No Sensible ?military Strategy? Seems Of No Importance To The Town?s Leaders Sheriff Tomato, The Nervous Colourwally Sheriff, And Sergeant Lobster Cause Rachel To Giggle Most Of The Time As She Tries To Lead The Colourwally Troops, Armed With Paint Brushes And The Formidable ?paint Tank?, Across The River To Turn The Dullabillieville Riverfront Houses Pretty ColoursThey Meet No Resistance In Dullabillieville, Apart From The Dullabilly Lieutenant?s Two Small Children Who Are Having Fun Splashing Coloured Paint Over ThemselvesRachel Soon Discovers WhyThe Dullabilly Army Is The Other Side Of The River Busily Turning Colourwallytown Black And White And Grey Frightened The Two Sides Might Actually Come To Blows And Scare Waffles, The Girl Decides ATreaty Is Called ForBesides, She Doesn?t Believe In Witches! She Returns, Alone, To Colourwallytown  to Seek Out Alec, The Dullabilly Military Advisor, Who Turns Out To Be ANice LadTogether They Scheme To Hold ATeaparty For The Opposing Factions And Arrange ACeasefirePresidents Banana And Coalface Are Invited, But Only Allowed To Have Pieces Of Mrs Pink?s Cake the Woman?s An Excellent Cook If Both Agree To Stop Hostilities And Sign ?the Treaty Of Waffles?Mrs Pink, AWidow, Is Delighted, For She Can Now Offer To Look After The Children Of The Dullabilly Lieutenant, Whitestone, AWidower Whom She Secretly Likes Back At The Carousel Rachel And Alec Dodge The Unpleasant True Military Advisor, Turkey Cupcake, To Prevent Him Getting Hold Of Th
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