Edith Nesbit

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Featuring
Release date 2005

Tracklist

1
It began with the day...
5:15
5:15
2
Next day all was forgotten and forgiven...
4:48
4:48
3
They traced strange figures with chalk...
3:49
3:49
4
The children were all choking with wonder...
3:38
3:38
5
'I had resided as your book says...'
4:06
4:06
6
The next day was Saturday.
4:09
4:09
7
Everyone looked and everyone thought.
4:32
4:32
8
As soon as the carpet came to a stop...
4:06
4:06
9
So the Phoenix fluttered up...
4:03
4:03
10
'I say, talking of stones,' said Robert
4:38
4:38
11
Then quite suddenly the floor seemed to tip up...
3:20
3:20
12
The next day, Cook came to mother...
3:42
3:42
13
For some reason or other...
3:48
3:48
14
Anthea felt rather uncomfortable...
3:46
3:46
15
The old ranee or queen...
3:32
3:32
16
All this had taken some time...
4:02
4:02
17
The children sidled away...
5:16
5:16
18
So they went.
4:43
4:43
19
'We shan't be able to go anywhere on the carpet...'
3:29
3:29
20
'Has anyone got any matches?' said Anthea
4:10
4:10
21
The stone was heaved up.
3:34
3:34
22
So they all went in...
4:08
4:08
23
They went down the road...
2:36
2:36
24
Mother arranged with aunt Emma...
4:35
4:35
25
Everything was nicely washed up...
4:18
4:18
26
At this point the Phoenix...
3:14
3:14
27
It was Jane who awoke with a start...
3:07
3:07
28
'Well, miss,' said the burglar...
3:59
3:59
29
The morning after the adventure...
4:30
4:30
30
'Good gracious,' said Jane...
4:01
4:01
31
So the children arrangeed to wait...
3:04
3:04
32
And instantly they were.
4:28
4:28
33
'Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!...'
3:42
3:42
34
When she had gone out the Phoenix...
3:54
3:54
35
The songs in the play it took to be hymns...
4:09
4:09
36
But a fierce waft of smoke and hot air...
2:59
2:59
37
No one had noticed the Phoenix...
3:07
3:07
38
Anthea put the last touches...
4:58
4:58
39
When they got home, there lay the carpet...
3:30
3:30
40
'Whatever have you done with the carpet?'
3:15
3:15