Story
Meg, sitting in a gazebo memorizing her homework, is accused by her grandmother of having lost her curiosity. The garden is transformed into a maze and Meg discovers it is her job to find Time. He’s been beaten in a boxing match by the Lop-Eared Rabbit and is hiding somewhere in the maze. She must find him before her own allotment of time runs out.Searching, she meets the Rhymester, (once a celebrated poet) the Pig Who Stole Time, the Sheep Who Lost Her Mind, and many other creatures who show her that time is more than minutes on a clock--that it can be begged or borrowed, stolen or squandered, and that if she is to make the most of her own time, she must follow her curiosity.Characters
Meg, an 11-year-old girl
Gran, Meg's grandmother
a Beaver (Time's Keeper)
a Goose (the Mayor)
a Duck
a Possum
the Brass Band--three pigs in fire hats
the Walrus, a shopkeeper
the Rhymester (a Mole)
the Pig Who's Stolen Time
three Sharks
a Policeman
the Sheep Who's Lost Her Mind
the River Rat
the Lop-Eared Rabbit
the Lop-Eared Rabbit's Shadow
Time
