Just in time, he found the wooden door that led him back to his own world.Īmazingly, two very strange things happened after Billy reached home. Clutching the apple, he dashed through the dark hall, past the great table with the tiny people running behind him. Billy shuddered and ran from the echoing sound. Instantly, he could hear a thousand mocking voices ringing in his ears like sharp, clanging bells. The glistening apple tasted of sunlight! At that very moment, Billy gasped because he had remembered what he had been told. It smelt so sweet and his mouth was so dry that he picked it up and took a bite. So, Billy wandered further into the hall, walked past a great fireplace and, at the end, he found a golden cupboard.Īmazed, he opened the door and inside was a golden apple sitting on a silver plate. ‘Look where you wish, but don’t touch a dish.’ In the middle of the table was a glittering dragon carved out of ice and in its beak there was a folded piece of paper. Billy tried to talk to the tiny people but they did not say a word! They were dressed in rainbow coloured clothes with scarlet cloaks, pointed mustard yellow shoes and crimson caps.

Hundreds of tiny people were serving steaming pies, fresh strawberries like gleaming embers and glasses full of creamy drinks. On an enormous table, someone had set out a great feast with slices of chicken, bowls of salad, jars of fruit and plates of sweet puddings. Gently, he turned it and the door creaked open. The metal handle was shaped like a dragon’s mouth. One sunny afternoon, he was walking down Elf Road when he saw an unusual wooden door in the brick wall.

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