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As the first story in a series of tales, this volume introduces readers to Bumpen the Knight, a fearless defender of children and vanquisher of monsters large and small. We also meet Wit, a reformed monster whose fate is bound by an unforeseen turn of circumstance to that of the tiny knight's. Speaking in brilliant rhyme, Wit serves as the narrator for much of the story, explaining the history of how their unlikely partnership came to be.

When a kind young boy helps a strange-looking bird, a beautiful friendship forms. But what these two friends don't realise is that one is a young knight . . . and the other a young dragon! What will they do when they discover they are enemies and destined to FIGHT? The Dragon and the Nibblesome...