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[dubdobdee]

11.

i: What were the pipe-cleaners stolen from Uncle Jim?
ii: Why might the jay wrongly be seen as more precious than the lark?
iii: What characterised the little men apart from coloured jacket and cap?
iv: What was the crest of Blind John, adopted by the victorious leader after the battle in 1346?
v: What, developed by Rex and Cromie, owed its name to Harold, and brought immediate success for Geoff?
vi: What, in addition to the Yellow Jacket did the British commander receive after victory at Changzhou Fu?
vii: In what tale does David, living with his parents at Firetown, receive a rifle for his 14th birthday?
viii: In what tale did Joseppi stumble out the Musoline Overture on a zither in Wadi Halfa?
ix: Which scarecrow was created by a pipe-smoking New England witch?
x: Which clandestine group saved Ran on the edge of Exmoor?

COMPLETE!!

Comments

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

vii this is REALLY FAMILIAR - I think it's from a short story, and is all about death? Yeah that helps narrow it down.

ix this too! I think the scarecrow comes alive and all the womenfolk fall in love with it?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

vii. Yes, a short story, by John Updike - "Pigeon Feathers" : http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1961/08/19/pigeon-feathers

…but it's on his 15th birthday he gets the rifle [/controversy]

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

and ix. sa Google is "Feathertop" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, but again I think marna had the right book in mind.