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Ferdy
Ferdy is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Daimler Ferret scout car.
Small, quick, impatient.
“Race you!”
Character card
- Best at
- Squeezes through gaps, hides behind hedges
- Quirk
- Won't wait for anyone
- Usually causes
- Arrives first and alone
- Read-aloud voice
- High, quick, breathless
In the books
Zips through the hedge in Harry's book and frightens the sheep in Danny's book by arriving much too fast.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Ferdy based on?
- Real vehicle
- Daimler Ferret scout car
- Era
- 1950s
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- Built small and fast to go ahead and look, and low enough to hide behind a hedge.
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