Renowned children’s author Robert Munsch never made up stories while touring, but as his website says, “sometimes stuff happens.”

And when inspiration struck at the Lord Beaverbrook Hotel dining room in Fredericton more than 20 years ago, little Victoria Campbell just so happened to be his muse.

“It was my birthday, I was turning six [and] my grandmother wanted to take me out for lunch to a fancy restaurant,” said Campbell, now 27, recalled.

“Robert Munsch was doing a show here in Fredericton at the Playhouse, so she got me tickets for my birthday."

But first she and her grandmother had lunch.

"And it ended up that we were the only people in the restaurant, apart from two men sitting at the table next to us.

“I kind of looked to the side, and I recognized Robert Munsch sitting next t

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