Wump World ANNOTATION
The Wump World is an unspoiled place until huge monsters bring hordes of tiny creatures from the planet Pollutus.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Wump World was a small world, very much smaller than our world. There were no great oceans, lofty mountains, giant forests, or broad sandy deserts. The Wump World was mostly grassy meadows and clumps of leafy green trees with a few winding rivers and lakes.
But the Wump World was just perfect for the Wumps. They had no enemies and no worries and they always had plenty of tender grass to eat and a bumbershoot tree or two for shelter from the dew. They lived a simple contented life.
Then suddenly, smash bang from outer space zoomed a myriad of huge iron and steel monsters. Puffing fire and spitting smoke, they swooped down to land. Metal legs sprang from their bulging sides, doors flew open and ramps shot to the ground. Down the ramps came hordes of tiny strange busy creatures. These were the people from the planet Pollutus. The Wump World would never be the same again.
FROM THE CRITICS
Children's Literature - Judith Gravitz
The Wumps lead a bucolic life on their own planet. One day they are invaded by the Pollutians, who it seems have overdeveloped and destroyed their own world. The Wumps flee in terror, as brigades of bulldozers and armies of machines are unloaded from the spaceships. Eventually the Pollutians outgrow the Wump's world and quickly depart for yet another. The Wumps are horror-stricken by the mess. Yet amid all the destruction, the Wumps find a patch of green and begin to rebuild.
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