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Mobipocket Reader September 2006 ISBN 0-06-128577-3

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Pratchett, Terry.

Wintersmith / Terry Pratchett.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary: When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.

ISBN-10: 0-06-089031-2 (trade)—ISBN-13: 978-0-06-089031-5 (trade)

ISBN-10: 0-06-089032-0 (lib. bdg.)—ISBN-13: 978-0-06-089032-2 (lib. bdg.)

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About the Publisher

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*Er…Witch Hunting for Dumb People.

*A room off a kitchen for washing pans and doing other wet and messy chores. Although Miss Treason had skulls, she did not keep them in the scullery. It would have been quite amusing, though, if she did.

*Kevin and Neville and Trevor.

*Steading: The area of a witch’s daily responsibilities. It may be just one village; it may be the whole world.

*It says something about witches that an old friend and an old enemy could quite often be the same person.

*Hexperiment: to use magic just to see what happens.

*This was reported in the newspapers, and shortly afterward a widow wrote to him saying how much she admired a man who really understood about hygiene. They later were seen walking together, so it’s an ill wind, as they say….

*All witches are a bit odd. It’s best to get your oddness sorted out early.

*Werk…

Table of Contents

Introduction

A Feegle Glossary

Chapter One

The Big Snow

Chapter Two

Miss Treason

Chapter Three

The Secret of Boffo

Chapter Four

Snowflakes

Chapter Five

Miss Treason’s Big Day

Chapter Six

Feet and Sprouts

Chapter Seven

On with the Dance

Chapter Eight

The Horn of Plenty

Chapter Nine

Green Shoots

Chapter Ten

Going Home

Chapter Eleven

Even Turquoise

Chapter Twelve

The Pike

Chapter Thirteen

The Crown of Ice

Author’s Note

About the Author

Other Books by Terry Pratchett

The Discworld Series

Credits

Cover

Copyright

About the Publisher

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