Magic at Midnight Author:Phyllis Arkle In a small English village the painted animals are free to move from their respective inn signs at the first stroke of midnight, provided they are back in place by dawn. The Hare, the Lion with his fiddle, the Mermaid, the Unicorn, the Wild Duck, and others (the Hounds are carefully excluded, out of deference to the Hare) take part nightly in gr... more »eat adventures. Only the rather simple boy whom noboday pays any attention to observes that they do not always allow themselves time to settle back into their proper positions at cock-crow.« less