Mary Poppins Opens the Door

Mary Poppins Opens the Door
P. L. Travers

Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!The original and classic stories available now in all-new luxurious livery in time for the release of the 2018 movie.On a dark November night, Mary Poppins returns in a burst of fireworks to restore order – and a sprinkling of magic – to the residents of Cherry Tree Lane.More than eighty years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is still charming readers and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone’s favourite magical nanny.Enjoy the third book in the iconic series.

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First published in Great Britain by Peter Davies 1944

First published by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1958

This edition published by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2016

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Source ISBN: 9780008205768

Ebook Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780007404315

Version: 2018-06-28

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CONTENTS

Cover (#u0903b967-1d44-5d4a-ab85-89f34b463092)

Title Page (#u9acedb6f-2077-58ed-81c9-49c344f7df2a)

Copyright (#ubcc5225e-8118-52e5-9f74-04685a6b5268)

Dedication (#ue3a9dd7f-74d9-5922-88c3-908e03d82ec0)

Chapter One – The Fifth of November (#u565d8982-8fc1-5e70-8f72-77431a4c7223)

Chapter Two – Mr Twigley’s Wishes (#u8258f5f6-5663-54f7-bf17-e3fa842a1204)

Chapter Three – The Cat That Looked at a King (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Four – The Marble Boy (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Five – Peppermint Horses (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six – High Tide (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven – Happy Ever After (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight – The Other Door (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading … (#litres_trial_promo)

Have you read all the original Mary Poppins adventures? (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER (#ulink_4eabb547-e631-513c-84c6-c3721d8dd9c0)

IT WAS ONE of those bleak and chilly mornings that remind you winter is coming. Cherry Tree Lane was quiet and still. The mist hung over the Park like a shadow. All the houses looked exactly alike as the grey fog wrapped them round. Admiral Boom’s flagstaff, with the telescope at the top of it, had entirely disappeared.

The Milkman, as he turned into the Lane, could hardly see his way.

“Milk Be-l-o-o-ow!” he called, outside the Admiral’s door. And his voice sounded so queer and hollow that it gave him quite a fright.

“I’ll go ’Ome till the fog lifts,” he said to himself. “’Ere! Look where you’re goin’!” he went on, as a shape loomed suddenly out of the mist and bumped against his shoulder.

“Bumble, bumble, bum-bur-um-bumble,” said a gentle, muffled voice.

“Oh, it’s you!” said the Milkman, with a sigh of relief.

“Bumble,” remarked the Sweep again. He was holding his brushes in front of his face to keep his moustache dry.

“Out early, aren’t you?” the Milkman said.

The Sweep gave a jerk of his black thumb towards Miss Lark’s house.

“Had to do the chimbley before the dogs had breakfast. In case the soot gave them a cough,” he explained.

The Milkman laughed rudely. For that was what everybody did when Miss Lark’s two dogs were mentioned.

The mist went wreathing through the air. There was not a sound in the Lane.