尼斯湖水怪的影评

The Water Horse 尼斯湖水怪 英语影评

magine you’re a young Scottish boy who’s father is off fighting in World War II. Nothing’s been the same since he left. You’re lonely and you miss him terribly, but you find some comfort in combing the beaches for treasures left by the waves. One day in a tidal pool you find a large barnacle encrusted rock. Or maybe it’s a strange shell. You take it home and discover your life is changed forever.

Thus begins young Angus MacMorrow’s story. His rock turns out to be an egg, and the animal that hatches from it (he names him Crusoe after Robinson Crusoe) just might be the rarest of all creatures: a water horse. Legend has it there can only be one of them alive in the world at one time, and now Angus is faced with the challenge of keeping a secret who is growing by leaps and bounds. How can he possibly hide something this big?

Dick King-Smith has written several popular children’s books, and this marks another of his novels ma