Operation Bunny by Sally Gardner

Author:Sally Gardner
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

“Well put, my little ducks,” said Fidget, impressed.

Emily drank her tea and ate her bun with the delicious strawberry jam. “Can I ask you a question?” she said.

“Just one. I’m not Miss String—I’m a cat whose mind is on fish paste.” One question. That, thought Emily, was going to be very hard indeed. There were so many questions she wanted to ask. Like how had they arrived here when last night they were in London? Instead, she settled on “What is a spirit lamp?”

“It’s a magic lamp that Harpella stole from a wizard a long time ago.”

“What for?”

“Hold your whiskers—I’m working up to that point. To catch fairies.”

“That’s terrible!” said Emily.

“Diabolical, that’s what Miss String called it. Diabolical.”

“Whatever it means, I agree,” said Emily.

“It means, according to Miss String, about the worst thing you could ever see,” continued Fidget. “Harpella had a mission to murder each and every one of the fairies in the world.”

“How?” asked Emily.

“That’s another question.”

“No, it’s not, it’s joined up to the first.”

Fidget thought for a long time. “You’re right.” He took a deep breath. “The spirit lamp gives off a light that is impossible to resist. The fairy is sucked into the flame, like a moth. Swat—gone.”

“That’s dia-bol-ical!” said Emily.

“It was, until one midsummer, all the fairies who were left in England met and decided their wings should be locked away so they would no longer be tempted to fly into the spirit lamp. That was when they asked for the help of the magician—”

“The magician who designed Wings & Co.?” interrupted Emily. “The shop with the legs—”

“The very same,” said Fidget. “And he had some curious cabinets built for the fairies’ wings, and put a spell on the keys to them so the wings would be safe. It took a lot of craftsmanship to build those curious cabinets,” he added with pride.

“You were the master builder Miss String told me about, weren’t you?” said Emily.

“I might have been,” said Fidget, gathering up the remaining cup and saucer.

“And it was Harpella who turned you into a cat, wasn’t it?” she asked.

“That,” said Fidget, “is clearly two more questions.”

Emily stood up and brushed the crumbs off her coat.

“That’s the trouble with questions,” she said. “One is never enough.”

“Personally, I find the same with a good kipper,” replied Fidget, putting the china and the kettle back in the rucksack. He picked up the hamper containing the pink rabbit. “Come on, my little ducks,” he said. “We have to find the shop.”

“Why do we have to find the shop?”

“Because there are a few fairies out there who are desperate for their wings.”

“But if the keys open the cabinets and the fairies get their wings back, won’t Harpella just kill them like before?”

“That’s why she wants the keys, my little ducks, and that’s why we also have to find the old witch and take that lamp away from her. But it’s not going to be that easy. She has other powers, just as diabolical.”

“How do you catch a witch?” said Emily.

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