This fails and frantic chases, calamitous boat collisions, daring rescues (including by a dog, William the pug), and rewards ensueįriendship and resourcefulness, dangers and excitement: Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series has stood the test of time. The children try to convince the Hullabaloos to moor their noisy boat somewhere else. Trouble begins when a coot's nest is disturbed by a ship full of Hullabaloos-rude holiday boaters. There, they run into the Coot Club-children who protect the local birds from thoughtless tourists. It's the Coot Club Bird Protection Society to the rescueĭick and Dorothea Callum came to the Norfolk Broads during the Easter holidays, eager to learn to sail. Someone is wrecking wild birds' nesting places on the lake and selling eggs to out-of-town collectors.
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