The Enchanted Castle Illustrated

Author : Edith Nesbit
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ISBN 13 : 9781986893213
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The ENCHANTED Castle written by Edith Nesbit and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No," said the Princess suddenly, "no; I can't give wishes to you, it only gives mewishes. But I'll let you see the ring make me invisible. Only you must shut your eyeswhile I do it."They shut them."Count fifty," said the Princess, "and then you may look. And then you must shutthem again, and count fifty, and I'll reappear."Gerald counted, aloud. Through the counting one could hear a creaking, rustlingsound."Forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-nine, fifty!" said Gerald, and they opened theireyes.They were alone in the room. The jewels had vanished and so had the Princess."She's gone out by the door, of course," said Jimmy, but the door was locked."That is magic," said Kathleen breathlessly."Maskelyne and Devant can do that trick," said Jimmy. "And I want my tea.""Your tea!" Gerald's tone was full of contempt. "The lovely Princess," he went on,"reappeared as soon as our hero had finished counting fifty. One, two, three, four--"Gerald and Kathleen had both closed their eyes. But somehow Jimmy hadn't. Hedidn't mean to cheat, he just forgot. And as Gerald's count reached twenty he saw apanel under the window open slowly."Her," he said to himself. "I knew it was a trick!" and at once shut his eyes, like anhonourable little boy.On the word "fifty" six eyes opened. And the panel was closed and there was noPrincess."She hasn't pulled it off this time," said Gerald."Perhaps you'd better count again," said Kathleen."I believe there's a cupboard under the window," said Jimmy, "and she's hidden init. Secret panel, you know.""You looked! that's cheating," said the voice of the Princess so close to his earthat he quite jumped."I didn't cheat.""Where on earth-- What ever--" said all three together. For still there was noPrincess to be seen."Come back visible, Princess dear," said Kathleen. "Shall we shut our eyes andcount again?""Don't be silly!" said the voice of the Princess, and it sounded very cross."We're not silly," said Jimmy, and his voice was cross too. "Why can't you comeback and have done with it? You know you're only hiding.""Don't!" said Kathleen gently. "She is invisible, you know.""So should I be if I got into the cupboard," said Jimmy."Oh yes," said the sneering tone of the Princess, "you think yourselves veryclever, I dare say. But I don't mind. We'll play that you can't see me, if you like.""Well, but we can't," said Gerald. "It's no use getting in a wax. If you're hiding, asJimmy says, you'd better come out. If you've really turned invisible, you'd bettermake yourself visible again.""Do you really mean," asked a voice quite changed, but still the Princess's, "thatyou can't see me?""Can't you see we can't?" asked Jimmy rather unreasonably.The sun was blazing in at the window; the eight-sided room was very hot, andevery one was getting cross.