Five Children and It
by Edith Nesbit
Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their younger siblings, home in the country promises a summer full of freedom and play. But when they accidentally uncover an accidental psammid – or the Sand Fairy – that has the power to turn desires into reality, they find themselves in the celebration of a lifetime sharing one exciting adventure after another. The unfriendly, strange-looking Psammid — with its arachnid body, bat ears and snail eyes — that have been sleeping since dinosaurs roamed the ground — disdainfully agrees to satisfy children with one wish a day. Although soon, children discover that their desires tend to appear in a way that is quite different from what is expected. Whatever they want, whether they're flying like birds, living in a mighty castle, or having a great fortune – something is going terribly wrong, the fun isn't like that. Then a random desire has terrible consequences, and children are faced with a difficult choice: to let an obscene man be accused of a crime, or to always lose the gift of magical desires. In the most beloved tales about magic of five children and E. Nesbit.
