'There's a cellar under this house,' he says, 'and that's where the booming
and the screeching must be coming from. Do you think we should go
down?'
Stobey thinks for a moment. 'Well,' she answers, 'it's the only way to
find out who, or what, is making that noise. Also, what about the
shadows that crossed the window, and what about that crazy smoke that
went down and back up out of the chimney, and then twisted and curled
and raced away? I'd like to find out what's going on.'
Slutter walks to the trap door and lifts it. A staircase stretches down into
darkness. Stobey stands beside Slutter and looks; nothing but darkness.
'Let's go,' Stobey starts down the narrow stairway.
Slutter is close behind her, followed by Chug, Suzanne and Roger, and at
the end Sir Lumpalot on Kick-Pow. Being a unicorn, Kick-Pow has no
trouble at all going up and down stairways. He does have to be careful,
though, so that his horn doesn't scrape the walls or bump into the
overhead.
The stairway takes one turn and then another. The turns explain why
Stobey and Slutter couldn't see much from the top.
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