Author(s): Dick King-Smith

Childrens Books

When a storm washes up a strange pod-like object on the seashore, Kirstie decides to take it home and put it in the bath. The next day it hatches into a tiny green-grey creature, with a horse's head, a warty skin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail. The author also wrote "Paddy's Pot of Gold".