Susan Hill

Ruby Raccoon asks her friends for advice on making a cake.

A foundling girl with a crooked leg and a crutch doesn't expect life to be easy. Indeed, Maggie's dearest wish is to simply not feel so alone. So when she spies a man behind bars in a magic mirror said to show one's truest desire, she feels sure he is the father she's always longed for-and she sets off on a quest to find him. Along the way, Maggie meets both kindly pilgrims and dastardly highwaymen. She discovers she bears a striking resemblance to...

Ruby the raccoon paints a picture which unexpectedly shows the best feature of her various friends.