Thank you for visiting Mungrisdale Writers You are logged in as: Guest   Publication Synopsis   Author's Name: Angela Locke Title: Mr. Mullett Owns a Cloud Publication Date: Nov 06 ISBN Number: 0952 00005742 92 Synopsis: Children's book 8 years upwards including adults! When Mr Zeus, King of the Gods, accidentally drops his pet thunderbolt near Mr Mullett's cow byre, he wishes to show his thanks to Mr Mullett for looking after it. "That's right kind of you," says Mr Mullet, and adds, as a joke: "But I think we've got most things we need, the missus and me. 'Cepting a bit of weather now and then, of course." "The very thing!" cries Mr Zeus and sends him a cloud, Napoleon, for a year's trial on the fell farm. To begin with, Mr Mullett is not at all sure he wants to keep the cloud. It is helpful, of course, to have a shower of rain or a patch of shade for the crops whenever they need it, but Mr Mullett is not so pleased to find his pipe tobacco squelchy and Mrs Mullett sometimes resents having her kitchen permanently filled with a thick fog. Somehow, Napoleon's curious nature - not to mention his regrettable tendency to show off a bit - leads him into all kinds of trouble, not only in and around the farm but further afield, too, at the Carrowbridge Fair and on the annual outing to Silcombe Bay. In fact, as the year progresses, the long-suffering Mulletts discover that taking on a high-spirited cloud is by no means all plain sailing, though they also come to recognise that it has its silver lining. '....He stole another look at Mr Mullett. Yes, there was no doubt about it. The farmer definitely looked like someone who has had the top of his egg pinched. Had he behaved so badly since his arrival? Napoleon wondered. True, he had sat on the fire, a singeing experience for a sensitive cloud, and undeniably the fire, after belching clouds of black smoke over Mr Mullett's plate of ham and eggs, had gone out. True, he had sneaked under the bonnet of the Land Rover for a quick nap and, according to Mr Mullett (although Napoleon was doubtful on this point), he had so dampened the plugs that it had refused to start; as a result of which Mr Mullett had been late for the ram sales and missed buying a prize tup. But was it his fault? Life could be a little unfair at times....' . Published by Cumbria Life Books and available from Cumbria Life