by Paul Gallico
bookshelves: spring-2010, wwii, kiddlewinks, published-1941, play-dramatisation Recommended for: Radio 4 listeners Read from May 24 to 25, 2010 On the desolate Essex marshes, a young girl, Fritha, comes to seek help from Philip Rhayader, a recluse who lives in an abandoned lighthouse. She carrie...
Not the same story but along the same lines here is The Boy and the Snow Goose by Gayle Thomas 1984Classic SerialNeglected Classics: The Snow Goose Paul Gallico's classic tale of a man and a wounded bird who play a vital role at Dunkirk.Dramatised by Nick WarburtonIntroduced by Michael MorpurgoA wou...