Magical Kids II: The Smallest Girl Ever and the Boy Who Could Fly by Gardner Sally

Author:Gardner, Sally [Gardner, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
ISBN: 9781440652691
Goodreads: 10035402
Publisher: Dial Books
Published: 2008-10-16T07:00:00+00:00

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“Grimlocks School? Never heard of it,” said the taxi driver. Ruby showed him the address again. They had been driving around in circles. Ruby was sure they were completely lost when they came across a battered sign covered with ivy.

As they drove up the driveway, Ruby’s heart began to sink. The mock Tudor building, half hidden in a dark wood, was a gloomy sight.

“Not a very cheerful-looking place,” said the taxi driver, helping Ruby out with her suitcase. “Are you sure you’re going to be all right?”

At that moment the front door opened and the headmistress, Miss Pinkerton, came out. She was a large lady shaped like a bell.

“Ruby Genie? We have been waiting for you,” she said briskly. “This way, if you please.”

“Good luck,” said the taxi driver.

Ruby was shown into the headmistress’s office. The room was full of noisy ticking clocks of various shapes and sizes.

“A little hobby of mine,” said Miss Pinkerton. “Well, sit down.”

Ruby sat, or rather perched, on the edge of a huge chair.

“I must say how pleased we are to welcome you to Grimlocks. We are not a big school, but our aim is to turn out boys and girls who are a credit to the world of magic. You are the first child ever to be given a scholarship by us. We feel sure that with such brilliant parents, you are bound to be a very gifted little girl. Now, I will tell you what we expect from our star student.”

Ruby was never to find out what was expected of her, for at that moment, all the clocks started to chime one after another. It was a whole five minutes before she could hear one word of what the headmistress was saying. Then Miss Pinkerton stood up.

“Glad we sorted all that out,” she said.

Ruby felt the moment had passed to say anything about not having magical talent. Meanwhile, Miss Pinkerton had not moved. She kept looking at Ruby as if waiting for something.

“Haven’t you got something for me, Ruby?” she said at last.

Ruby looked baffled.

“The lamp, your father’s lamp!” said Miss Pinkerton. Ruby opened up her small suitcase and took out the lamp. The headmistress seized it and held it up to her ample bosom.

“To hold such a lamp as this!” she cried in tones of delight, before locking it up in a glass display case.

“But I would rather like to keep it with me, if it’s all the same to you,” said Ruby. “It’s all I have to remember my father by.”

This was not the right thing to say. Miss Pinkerton seemed to puff herself up like a toad.

“Keep it?” she said, going very red in the face.

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