Back in the day, the Dibble family lived in a tiny hamlet of just five houses, somewhere deep in the West Country. They were very happy there.
Mr and Mrs Dibble had worked hard all their lives, looking after their apple orchard. They had worked so hard, in fact, that they had never had a day off or even set foot outside the hamlet.
“It seems to me, dear wife,” Mr Dibble said, one day, “that we have earned ourselves a holiday. How about we take the horse and cart into the city tomorrow and see what all the fuss is about?”
Mrs Dibble wasn’t too sure, but their two children, Ernest and Ellie, jumped up and down with glee.
“We don’t have much money,” said Mr Dibble. “But at…
