Truly Tan Baffled

‘What on earth is going on at the Windrustle house?’ I say to E. ‘Who would paint dead tree branches on their house? And why? What could it mean, E?’ E hisses again and then Mum calls and I have to go to dinner. Which is a good thing. I am starving. Mysteries always make me feel starving.

HUNKY-DORY: this is a way of saying everything is fine and dandy and there’s nothing to worry about.

HEX: hex symbols kind of look like this. Some people think hexes are pretty and lucky.

Some people think they are evil and scary. I think a hex symbol written all over foggy glass would look super spooky and ghostly, and so does Gloria.

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