Download or read book The Little Gentleman written by Philippa Pearce and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bet is first asked to go into the meadow and read a passage aloud from a book - apparently to no-one - she wonders why. But then she realises that her audience is a little mole, who listens attentively. This isn't just any mole. This mole can speak, he is more than 300 years old and he has an amazing tale to tell. So begins an extraordinary friendship between a lonely little girl and The Little Gentleman in Black Velvet.
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