![]() ![]() Washing up, sweeping up, and mopping up behind everything from yellow duckies to dragons has her run ragged. ![]() Quiet it's not.Īnd Julia's motley visitors are a sloppy lot as well. As more and more creatures come to stay, Julia is suddenly too busy, providing cozy fires and tea and toast at all hours. The mermaid monopolizes the bathtub, and everyone demands fresh towels. There's an annoying troll who constantly moans the lack of a bridge to lurk beneath. It's not too hard to see why this bunch are homeless. But they are a fantastical lot-and a troublesome lot as well. Up goes a sign, JULIA'S HOUSE FOR LOST CREATURES, and it doesn't take much time to attract tenants. Her cottage by the sea is picturesque, but soon it is too quiet for Julia's taste. It seems that Julia can settle down wherever she wills, being that her rambling but tumbledown old house sits upon the back of a giant tortoise. ![]()
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