Alfie is desperate to go to the regatta but Hack, the surly stationhand is determined to keep him away. Thinking he has made Hack lose the rowing race, Alfie decides not to go back to the station and stays with a fortune-teller. When he returns, he realizes he helped Hack to win the race.

 

This book is part of a book series called Storybook .

There are 63 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Hachette Children's Group .

Phyllis Arkle was born and educated in Chester. In 1959 she moved to the Thames Valley village of Twyford in Berkshire, where she wrote the Railway Cat amongst many other books for children. She died in 1997.