title: The Fearsome Beastie
author:  Giles Paley-Phillips 
description: <B>Giles Paley-Phillips</B> is the award-winning author<I> </I>whose work includes <I>There's a Lion in my Bathroom</I>, and <I>Things You Never Knew About Dinosaurs</I>. <B>Gabriele Antonini</B> is an illustrator whose works include <I>Dudley's Muddley Day</I>, <I>Noisy Diggers</I>, and <I>Who Ate All the Pies?</I> They have previously collaborated on <I>Tamara Small and the Monsters' Ball</I>.
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  Demontage
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Justin Richards
  
  
  
  
  
  For Alison, Julian and Christian, with love.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  Background
  
  A thin line of viscous spittle dripped from the huge figure's massive jutting
  jaw and the yellow, stained teeth gleamed in the harsh light.The enormous,
  hairy creature drew itself up to its full height, towering over the humanoids
  seated in the cabin, its wolflike head swaying from side to side as it
  surveyed the passengers through rheumy, red eyes. One paw clenched at the
  beast's side, the claws thrusting through the mass of tangled, matted brown
  hair as a low growl rumbled ominously round the ship.
  
  There had already been a thrill of anticipation in the air. In the fourth row,
  Mrs Antherzon had a tingling in her stomach as she exchanged glances with her
  husband. For once in her life she was experiencing an element of the unknown,
  the daring - a risk even - in the journey.
  
  The passengers were all Battrulians, and most of them h