The Mermaid Egg and The Mango Tree

The first story in this book, The Mermaid Egg, is about a lost beach ball that ends up on an African beach and the animals that discover it and what they make of it… possibly a mermaid egg.

The second story, The Mango Tree, is about an army of ants foraging for food in the jungle, due to a drought there is a short supply, until they spot a huge mango high up in a tree, they proceed to ask the help of various animals reach the Mango... but will they achieve their feast ?

Eugene is married to Josephine and has a daughter, Amy. For the past 30 years he has worked for Coca Cola as a Technical Representative, his hobbies are football, which he played to county standard and at present he plays golf to a single figure handicap, he also keeps Koi Carp. This is his first attempt at writing a children’s book.