Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

Author:Lynne Reid Banks [Banks, Lynne Reid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paw Prints 2008-09-18
Published: 1993-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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in a way that told Omri he was completely focused on him, on the story.

When he finished, about an hour later, there was a long silence and then Patrick said, "Makes sense. The cupboard and that. Explains why it only works on plastic. Explains the connection with toys. Obviously Frederick was quite hot on magic without knowing it. ... Being so angry probably made it stronger. Like a curse he put on the cupboard."

"A curse?" Omri was startled.

"Well, we did do harm with it. It was you said that."

"But the magic is good."

"Yeah. I dunno where that came from. Neither of them was."

"Jessica Charlotte was! And Frederick wasn't so bad. I mean you could understand how he felt."

"Frederick sounds like a total prat. And I don't see how you can say Jessica Charlotte was good. She was a thief."

"She wasn't! Well, not--"

"Course she was," said Patrick crisply. "She was just as bad as the skinheads who broke into your house."

Omri sat silently. The comparison horrified him.

"You don't understand," he said at last. "I haven't explained properly what made her do it."

"If you steal, you're a thief," said Patrick.

Omri felt strangely upset. "Let's go to bed if

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