"Animals don't write poetry," advises Fangio the hedgehog. But Olga, that lovable teller of tall—and sometimes true—tales, figures poetry is just up her alley. "You don't know what you can do until you try," she replies grandly, and with that the contest is on!

Poetry is just one of the surprises in these new episodes from the life of a busy guinea pig. As funny and feisty as ever, Olga spins ingenious yarns, dreams up a special trap for an intruder, fights a fire, and faces competition from mysterious new arrivals. They reside in her owner's bedroom, where even Olga has "never, ever been invited to live." And Noel the cat confides that they have "whiskers as thick as the bars of their cage, teeth like celery sticks and a passion for sunflower seeds."

But Olga's not too worried. One thing she's always been sure of is that "if she waited long enough all that mattered in the world would sooner or later come to her." And it does, whether it arrives embellished in her imagination, or in the endless escapades of her friends.

Olga da Polga does it again (with the help of Michael Bond.) This sequel to OLGA MEETS HER MATCH is another delectably funny treat for anybody who'd like to meet a highly original guinea pig.

From the dust jacket