# The Water Horse

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- Book: [The Water Horse](https://www.bookquiver.com/dick-king-smith/the-water-horse) ([The Water Horse.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dick-king-smith/the-water-horse.md))
- Authors: [Dick King-Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/dick-king-smith)
- Publisher: Puffin
- ISBN: 978-01-4130-223-2
- Pages: 96
- Published: 2008-01-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on a Scottish beach, the morning after a great storm. Kirstie and her brother Angus find the egg and take it home. The next day it has hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horse's head, warty skin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail. The baby sea monster soon becomes the family pet - but the trouble is, it just doesn't stop growing!