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''The Wind on the Moon'' is a 1944 Carnegie-winning children's novel by British author Eric Linklater. It tells of Dinah and Dorinda, the young daughters of a British officer who live in the town of Midmeddlecum. When their father leaves for war, he warns his daughters to behave with the above quote, [[What an Idiot!|thereby unintentionally giving them what they feel is the perfect excuse to misbehave as much as they want.]]
Over the course of the year he is gone, the two sisters get into several increasingly surreal misadventures, such as overeating so much they [[Balloon Belly|turn into balloon-shaped blobs]], then crying so much at the [[Children Are Cruel|bullying the other children subject them to]] that they grow thin again, whereupon they are [[Crowning Moment of Funny|mistaken for match-sticks by a confused old lady.]] As revenge against the bullying children, they use a magic potion (given to Dinah by an old witch) [[Animorphism|to turn into kangaroos]] so they can [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|kick everyone around]]. However, they get [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock|stuck in kangaroo form]] and are caught and brought to a zoo. Here they have several small misadventures, befriend other animals, help solve a mystery, and eventually stage an escape. After returning to their normal human selves, they use the skills and knowledge they
''The Wind on the Moon'' is mostly a comedy with heavy overtones of fantasy, but the later part of the book contains several darker themes and at least one very powerful [[Tear Jerker]].
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