![]() ![]() Three of them are ‘hope’, and ‘love’ and ‘valour’. They are just getting round to forbidding mothers when the islanders decide there are four things with an O in them that must not be lost. First they take the O’s out of all the words and then they start forbidding such things as dogs, cottages, coconuts, and dolls. The Wonderful O, the second story in this book, is about two abominable villains, a man with a map and a man with a ship, who sail to the island of Coroo in search of treasure and, when they can’t find it, revenge themselves on the gentle inhabitants by banning everything with an O in it. James Thurber wrote it, when he was supposed to be writing something quite different, because he couldn’t help himself, which must be why it bubbles with gaiety and wit, and why everybody who has read it immediately wants to read it all over again. There is a princess in distress, a prince in disguise, a wicked uncle, and a last minute race between good and evil which is as exciting as any thriller. The Thirteen Clocks is a mixture of fairy tale, parable, and poetry. ![]()
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