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us in a cell high up in the tower for the whole of infinity?

Chapter seven
    a dark and terrible secret
    ‘This door must stay locked ,’ the huge deep voice says next.
    Biddy sneaks up and peeks around the griffin’s wing, so we can see who is talking. The owner of the huge deep voice is a tall man in a long dress, like a king. He and another man have just come out of a door in the side of the Great Hall. There is a sign on the door which says ‘Tower Staircase’.
    ‘No one must have access to the tower,’ the king-looking person says. ‘Princess Rapunzel must stay gagged and hidden until the time is right.’
    ‘Yes, Your Grace,’ the other man nods. He closes the door and locks it tight.
    Then he hides the key on a hook behind a tapestry on the wall.
    Your Grace? I think. Do they call kings ‘Your Grace’? They must do.
    Oh look ! The king-looking person is holding out his hand, and there is a huge sparkling ring on it. The second man bows and kisses the ring! The king-looking person must really be a king. Kings often have magic rings. And people do kiss them. I’ve read about that. And see how the other man keeps his head bowed until the king turns away and then he walks behind.
    This is too scary. Kings with magic rings are incredibly dangerous. If this king catches us reading his book, he will use his magic ring to turn us into toads or stars or pieces of infinity. The oldest of the terrible scoriaks from the Great Bushland can do that just by looking at you with their evil eyes. I’ve seen people who have been turned into pieces of infinity.



Well, I nearly have.
    Anyway, I know it can happen.
    Me and Biddy stay quiet as the king and the other man walk past us. They go through the alcove of gold and flowers, into the king’s private chamber. The door shuts behind them, and the sound echoes briefly around the Great Hall. Then everything is silent.
    ‘We’re inside a fairy story ,’ Biddy whispers.
    ‘Yes, Biddy! We are in a fairy story,’ I yell. ‘That man is a dangerous king with a magic ring. We are in a very scary situation. Let’s get out of here!’
    But of course Biddy can’t hear me so she just ignores me.
    ‘The king said that Princess Rapunzel must stay gagged and hidden in the tower,’ Biddy whispers. ‘The princess is locked in there so she doesn’t run away. She has got tape around her mouth to stop her from screaming. That’s what “gagged” means. And I bet she’s wearing a blindfold, too. I’ve got to rescue her!’
    ‘Rescue her?’ I say to Biddy. ‘No way! Are you mad? Do you want the king to turn us into pieces of infinity?’
    What am I going to do? I’ve got to make Biddy understand. But she can’t hear me.
    What if I went right inside her ear? Perhaps I could talk straight into her thoughts. I don’t want to do that, though. I don’t like dark places. But I don’t want to get turned into a piece of infinity either. So, it’s my only chance.
    Okay. I take a deep breath and dive into Biddy’s ear.
    Yukki-poo-la-drop-kick!
    It’s dark. And— eeuu! The walls and floor are sticky with earwax. I make myself run as fast as I can, down, down Biddy’s ear canal, right to the end. There is a huge piece of skin stretched between the floor and the ceiling. It must be Biddy’s eardrum.



I lean against the eardrum and whisper, as quiet as thoughts, ‘Biddy. We’re in big trouble. We should run away. Quick ! Let’s get out of this place now, and go and find Mum.’
    I listen. I can hear the words echoing around in Biddy’s brain. ‘ Run away … away … away. Quick … get out … out … out. ’ And then I hear Biddy talking.
    ‘Quick, I have to go,’ she says, and I feel her stand up straight.
    Yes! It worked! I run as fast as I can out of Biddy’s earhole. I am so happy. But then I hear Biddy say, ‘I bet Princess Rapunzel ran away from home to do fun stuff in the city. And the king didn’t want Princess Rapunzel to have fun, so he sent his army to
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