The Humpherys Family

The Water Horse
Record Added: 11/24/2015
Setting Scotland
Topic Fantasy
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN 0517800268   Year 1998
Age 9-12   Pages 118
Description Printed dustjacket
  
When eight-year-old Kirstie and her family go beach coming near their home in Scotland, she finds something that looks like a giant fish egg, and is just too interesting to leave on the beach. So she brings it home and sneaks it into the bathtub overnight. The next morning, she is surprised to find that the egg has hatched, but the newborn is unlike anything anyone has seen before. With a long neck, head like a horse, skin like a toad's, flippers like a turtle, and a tail like a crocodile, her brother Angus declares it a monster.

Grandfather knows better and tells them it's a kelpie, or what he calls a water horse. The family keeps the baby and names it Crusoe. But as Crusoe grows, he becomes a bigger and bigger problem--literally. They are forced to find him a new home, away from people and boats. They settle on a beautiful Loch, now known as Loch Ness.
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Inspiration for the movie: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
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