The Tree that Sat Down
Collins Modern Classics are relaunched in gorgeous new covers bringing these timeless story to a new generation.Deep in the enchanted forest Judy helps her granny run The Shop Under the Willow Tree. They sell all sorts of wonderful things, such as boxes of beautiful dreams carefully tied up with green ribbon.But then Sam and the charming Miss Smith, a witch in disguise, open a rival business. The newcomers are not only cheating their customers, but also plotting to destroy Granny’s shop.Can Judy save the wood from their wickedness?
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First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1945
First published in this abridged edition By Lions 1975
Lions is an imprint of HarperCollins Childrenâs Books 2015
This edition published by HarperCollins Childrenâs Books 2016
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Source ISBN: 9780006709930
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Contents
Chapter One â Judy Meets a Stranger
Chapter Two â The Strangest Shop in the World
Chapter Three â Plots and Plans
Chapter Four â The Struggle Begins
Chapter Five â Bruno Escapes
Chapter Six â More About Bruno
Chapter Seven â Bruno Recaptured
Chapter Eight â A Peacock Spreads his Tail
Chapter Nine â Queer Customers
Chapter Ten â The Wickedness of Miss Smith
Chapter Twelve â A Tortoise to the Rescue
Chapter Thirteen â The Book of Magic
Chapter Fourteen â Judy in Danger
Chapter Fifteen â Appeal to the Law
Chapter Sixteen â The Night Before the Trial
Chapter Seventeen â Justice is Done
Chapter Eighteen â The Storm â and After
JUDY WAS OUT in the wood, collecting Sleepo.
In case you do not know about Sleepo, I will explain. It was one of the things which Judyâs grandmother sold in The Shop Under the Willow Tree. It was really her own invention, though other people in the wood had tried to copy it. But nobodyâs Sleepo was as good as Mrs Judyâs; it did not send you to sleep nearly so quickly, and sometimes it gave you bad dreams. Mrs Judyâs Sleepo never gave you bad dreams ⦠in fact, she had an extra special variety, which cost a penny an ounce more, which gave you the most beautiful dreams. She put a dream in each of these special boxes, which were tied up with green ribbon. Sometimes, if she thought you looked sad, she would pop in an extra dream for luck. The ordinary boxes, which had not got a dream in them, were only tied up with string. But even so, they were very good value for money.
Now I will explain how to get Sleepo, because you might like to try to collect some yourself.
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Whenever a cat or a dog or a dormouse or any other animal is sleeping, the air it breathes out through its mouth or its nose has got a little Sleepo in it. You cannot see it, any more than you can see the air itself, but it is there.
Now if the animal just goes on sleeping, the Sleepo drifts away, like smoke, and goes up to the ceiling or flies out of the window. But if you take a glass jar, and hold it near its nose, a lot of Sleepo goes into the jar and settles down. And if you bottle it up and recite the right spells over the bottle, it will keep for a whole month; and when you pour it out of the bottle again, it will send you to sleep.
Now that sounds very simple, but it isnât really quite as simple as all that. First of all, the jar has to be specially treated before it will hold the Sleepo properly. It has to be put under the branches of a willow tree at midnight. And then you have to wait until three willow leaves have fallen into the jar. And they must fall in of their own accord; it is not the least use putting them in yourself, or shaking the branches of the tree.
When the three leaves have fallen into the jar, you must carry it up to your bedroom, and put it as near as you can to your pillow. And every night, before you go to sleep, you must take the jar in your hands and look at the leaves and say:
Sleepo, sleepo, three times three,
Out of the branch of a willow tree;
Sleepo come and make me wise.
Give me rest and close my eyes.
You do this for three nights running; and when you wake up on the third morning you find that something very exciting has happened. The leaves of the willow tree have flown away, and in their place are three pennies. You must take these pennies and buy something with them to give away ⦠you must not spend any of it on yourself. When you have done this (which will be a very nice and kind thing to do) you will be able to collect as much Sleepo as you want. And perhaps you may be able to sell some of it for more than the three pennies that you gave away.
