Cyril, Anthea, Robert, and Jane receive an old carpet that contains an egg, the egg hatches into a phoenix who explains that the carpet is magic and will take them anywhere they wish to go.
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It's startling enough to have a phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it talks and reveals that you have a magic carpet on the floor. The vain and ancient bird accompanies the children on a series of adventures through time and space which, magic being what it is, rarely turn out as they were meant . . . This sequel to Five Children and It continues the magical adventures of siblings Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother.
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