![]() The carpet takes the children to a variety of places, such as to India where they get things to sell for their mother’s bazaar, and France where they find a buried treasure that saves a widow from having to sell her land. It is convinced that London must have a temple in its honor, and persuades the children to take it to the Phoenix Fire Insurance office (where the adults fall under the spell of the phoenix and are persuaded to have a ceremony in its honor, though the only hymns they can offer are their advertising jingles). Unlike the Psammead that just wants to be left alone, the Phoenix thrives on attention and admiration. The phoenix is the second of Nesbit’s bossy magical creatures. The carpet itself is an ancient Persian flying carpet. This they accidentally hatch by knocking it into the nursery fire. ![]() ![]() Their mother buys a second-hand carpet to replace it, which turns out to have, rolled up in it, a phoenix egg. Nesbit, the children, back in London now, burn a hole in the nursery carpet by “testing” a few of their Guy Fawkes fireworks indoors. In this sequel to Five Children and It by E. ![]()
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