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The Dancing Horse
 
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The Dancing Horse (Paperback)
by Fay Sampson (Author)
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Every May Day in Cornwall, the Obby Oss dances through the streets of Padstow. He brings in the Summer. Thirza and her brothers join in. But why do they never see their father dancing?

The men of the town sail off to fight the French. Then Thirza sees a French warship coming to attack Padstow. How can the Obby Oss save them? How can the children help? And what is her fathre's secret?

The story is based on a traditional tale of how, some six hundered years ago, the Padstow Obby Oss saved the town.

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Every May Day, the Obby Oss dances through the streets of Padstow. Thirza and her brothers join in, with the whole village. But Thirza never sees her father on May Day. In this particular year, the men sail off to fight the King's war against the French. The town of Padstow is left to the women and children. Then one day Thirza sees a French warship coming to attack Padstow. Turnning to warn the others, she bumps into the frightening figure of Aunt Ursula Birdhood. Aunt Ursula tells the boys to grab musical instruments and the girls and women to put on their red Sunday cloaks. She puts on the Obby Oss skin and makes Thirza dance in front of her. Together they save the village and Thirza learns the secret of what her father does on May Day.

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