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brilliant. I made sure I listened to everything Mathilda said very carefully, as it seemed to me that this was a really good way of getting things to work out how you wanted them to—much better than making Plans that do not always go quite how you expect them to.

    We waved good-bye to Nurse Watkins as she set off down the path wearing her best blue nurse’s hat and cape and carrying her little black nurse’s bag. As she opened the gate I wondered why she suddenly screamed and her hat flew off as if it had been caught in a gale—even though there was no wind at all. We all giggled as we watched Nurse Watkins chase her hat down the road, and every time she tried to snatch it, it seemed to see her coming and jump just out of reach. But then Mathilda whistled a really piercing whistle and yelled, “Ned! Jed! That’s enough . Come inside now !” The hat stopped and waited forNurse Watkins to pick it up, which she did—with an irritable swipe.
    The two boys we had seen earlier appeared at the garden gate, which suddenly flew right off its hinges and landed on top of the hedge. Weird. Aunt Tabby won’t like that , I thought. The boys sauntered up the path and suddenly Wanda screamed, “They’re ghosts !”
    Wanda was right. The boys were wearing dark, kind of old-fashioned clothes and when I looked closely I could see right through them to the patch of sunflowers that Wanda and I had planted. And although they were walking—not floating like Edmund does—when I looked at their feet I could see that they did not actually touch the ground. Wow! Mathilda had brought two ghosts with her. How good was that ?
    Actually, Wanda didn’t think it was good at all. I was surprised because Wanda likes Sir Horace and Fang and she really likes Edmund, but as the ghosts strolled in through the front door, Wanda did not look happy.
    â€œThis is Ned and Jed,” said Mathilda.
    Ned and Jed were standing on the doormat staring just like everyone does when they first arrive in Spookie House. “Hello, little girls,” they said.
    â€œWe are not little girls ,” I told them. “We are Araminta Spookie and Wanda Wizzard.”
    Ned and Jed bowed. “Pleased to make your acquaintance,” they said in an old-fashioned way.
    â€œWell, Araminta Spookie and Wanda Wizzard,” said Mathilda, smiling, “aren’t you going to show us around?”
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    Wanda and I showed Mathilda, Ned, and Jed around Spookie House. And all the time, weird stuff kept happening.

    As we were walking past Uncle Drac’s bat turret the little red door suddenly flew open with a bang. This was not good, as Uncle Drac’s bats are always looking for a chance to escape. A huge cloud of bats flew out and Mathilda screamed, which surprised me because I would have thought she’d have liked bats. It was really hard to close the door, as the bats just kept on coming, and it wasn’t until most of the bats had escaped from the turret that we could get the door shut. There were bats everywhere . I knew Uncle Drac would not mind at all since he would like his bats to live in Spookie House anyway—it isAunt Tabby who makes him keep them in the turret. But what would Aunt Tabby say?
    We continued showing Mathilda, Ned, and Jed around the bat-filled house and weird things kept happening. In Aunt Tabby’s bedroom all the clothes came flying out of the wardrobe and danced around the room. They looked like hundreds of Aunt Tabbys and it was really funny. But Mathilda did not think so. She yelled, “Ned and Jed, stop it!” and the clothes stopped dancing and fell down all over the place.
    As we went around Spookie House more and more things happened. Moldy curtains fell on our heads, pictures fell off the wall, lampshades spun around like tops, and books flew across rooms like great big seagulls. I thought it was great but Wanda squeaked a lot.
    The funniest thing of all