The Ghosts of Badger Wood

The Carrington Children, #2

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  • The
  • Carrington
  • children
  • are
  • on
  • holiday
  • in
  • the
  • English
  • Lake
  • District
  • when
  • they
  • discover
  • an
  • injured
  • badger
  • cub
  • lying
  • in
  • a
  • ditch.
  • The
  • animal
  • is
  • cared
  • for
  • by
  • their
  • host,
  • the
  • owner
  • of
  • their
  • holiday
  • home
  • and
  • a
  • former
  • vet.
  • When
  • the
  • injured
  • beast
  • is
  • at
  • last
  • ready
  • to
  • be
  • returned
  • to
  • the
  • wild,
  • the
  • children
  • learn
  • of
  • a
  • plot
  • by
  • badger-baiters
  • to
  • dig
  • out
  • the
  • local
  • sett
  • and
  • use
  • the
  • animals
  • in
  • their
  • violent,
  • evil
  • and
  • extremely
  • gruesome
  • pastime.Immediately
  • the
  • children
  • try
  • to
  • warn
  • people,
  • but
  • few
  • adults
  • believe
  • their
  • story.
  • Even
  • those
  • who
  • do
  • assure
  • them
  • nothing
  • could
  • ever
  • happen
  • to
  • the
  • badgers
  • for
  • no
  • one
  • has
  • dared
  • to
  • bother
  • the
  • residents
  • of
  • Badger
  • Wood
  • for
  • nearly
  • a
  • century.
  • Why?
  • Because
  • the
  • wood,
  • and
  • all
  • the
  • peace-loving
  • creatures
  • that
  • dwell
  • within
  • it,
  • are
  • guarded
  • by
  • the
  • ghosts
  • of
  • the
  • long-dead
  • soldiers
  • of
  • the
  • village
  • of
  • Merethwaite
  • well
  • they
  • are
  • aren’t they?
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