Douglas the dragon

Lionel The Hero

Lionel The Hero

Four times a year, Lord and Lady Devonroe host a feast in Castle Earnose that all the children in Horsmarlonerpool are invited to. There were three feasts at the beginning of the three school holidays, and a fourth big special feast at Christmas.

Well, this being the start of the summer holiday, everyone got an invitation through the post with a big bright sun on it that said to be at the Grand Hall of Castle Earnose at 2 O’Clock on Tuesday afternoon.

The Dungeons of Castle Earnose

The Dungeons of Castle Earnose

When you cross the Twisty Bridge, you reach the Old Town of Horsmarlonerpool.

This is where the streets are windy and muddled, and where the ancient houses creak and hang off their old wooden beams. There are houses here that are older than Sprivers Wood, or Bluebell Wood, with their little doorways, and little windows and little attic rooms where people have sat and looked at the moon for hundreds of years.