Story Book
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Book 48
One continuous story told in short, accessible chapters. The irrepressible Railway Cat is poking his nose in again. This time Alfie is helping to look after an important new arrival in the village - a valuable rocking horse in need of some urgent repairs. Alfie is determined to make sure that nobody tries to steal the horse before it's been properly mended, but it isn't easy..... Alfie see off two burglars, a pair of naughty twins, and cadges a ride in a getaway car before he's sure that the old horse is finally safe from harm....
Alfie is desperate to go to the regatta but Hack, the surly stationhand is determined to keep him away. Thinking he has made Hack lose the rowing race, Alfie decides not to go back to the station and stays with a fortune-teller. When he returns, he realizes he helped Hack to win the race.
As well as the title story, in which Alfie's friend Farmer Jones makes sure Alfie gets a proper holiday at Hill Top Farm- even if it means scaring people away, there are five other charming adventures in this collection: The Chocolate Cat, in which an accident with brown paint means Alfie well and truly fools his old adversary, Hack; Alfie's heroic intervention in the capture of local diamond thieves, and the time he uncovers the true identity of Madame Zara - the mysterious Fortune Teller.