Olive |
our heroine, clever, brave and true |
Mrs Groves |
our headmistress, befuddled and bonkers |
Pig McKenzie |
our villain, a Pig of Evil Intent |
The Ringmaster |
our circus trainer, dashing and blithe |
The Inspector of Schools |
an astonishingly unfortunate man |
Francine Thistlebloom |
a woman of disturbing cleanliness and order |
Mr Pennyfetherill |
our fashion guru, grizzled but grand |
The Narrator |
our talented wordsmith, witty and wise |
The talking animals 
Wordsworth the grey rat |
lover of words |
Blimp the white rat |
large of appetite and bottom |
Chester the brown rat |
button enthusiast and thief |
Fumble the short-sighted moose |
gentle and shy |
Num-Num the dinosaur |
prehistoric babe |
Glenda the goose |
muddled of intellect and frayed of nerves |
Reuben the rabbit |
fluff-ball of magic and whimsy |
Star the chestnut horse |
arrogant and wild |
Beauty the black horse |
proud and prejudiced |
Helga the hippo |
bathing beauty |
Steve and George the hermit crabs |
intrepid explorers and home decorators |
Scruffy the dog |
mischievous mutt |
Valerie the owl |
studious, white of wing and tail |
Elizabeth-Jane the giraffe |
vain and long of neck |
Wally the wombat |
origami expert |
Cracker the parrot |
vulgar of thought and word |
Flick the goanna |
tetchy and tearful |
Lucky the kitten |
Mrs Groves’ inappropriately named pet |
The circus performers
Anastasia, Eduardo and Alfonzo |
acrobats, skilful of limb and daring of heart |
Bozo |
clown of good cheer |
Boffo |
clown of despair |
Bullet Barnes |
human cannonball of battered brain |
Jabber |
knife thrower of dangerous mistakes |
Sparky Burns |
juggler of flames and breather of fire |
Splash Gordon |
fearless diver and chronic misser |
Diana |
tamer of lions, tigers and pussycats |
The naughty boys
Frank |
compulsive liar |
Tiny Tim |
putrid of sock and small of size |
Carlos |
explosives expert |
Reginald |
butter spreader |
Hamish |
booby trap engineer |
Peter |
graffiti artist |
Tommy |
nose picker and nostril packer |
Doug |
hole digger |
Pewy Hughie |
fruit guzzler |
Ivan |
fruit hater |
Linus |
shoelace knotter |
