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From: cgf@infinet.UUCP (Chris Faylor)
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Subject: Trying to remember a book title
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Date: Thu, 17-Oct-85 14:57:39 EDT
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When I was in the third grade (about 24 years ago) I read a book that
sort of got me started on science fiction/fantasy.  It involved some
kids who found an old coin which granted them wishes... sort of.
The coin was so old that they had to wish for everything twice to
get a complete wish, otherwise they only got half of what they
wished for.

I only remember brief scenes beyond that.  I think I remember
that they went back in time and met Merlin at King Arthur's Court
and he considered taking the coin away from them until they talked
him out of it. I remember that they tried to modify the behavior of
their mother (who was giving them a hard time) to make her less
strict and were not pleased with the outcome.  Eventually the coin
stopped working for them and they passed it along to someone else.

I would really like to find this book again.  It invoked a sense
of wonder in me that I have not forgotten.

-- 
			-cgf-

I feel more like I do now than I did when I first got here.

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