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Eddie and his sister Carrie were visiting an
old palace.
‘Welcome to Bingley Palace,’ said the
guide as they walked through the entrance
into a big hall with high ceilings. They
followed the guide up the stairs to a
corridor on the fi rst fl oor.

‘This is Lady Charlotte,’ the guide said,
pointing to a picture on the wall. ‘She lived
here many years ago. She painted lots of
pictures, but some of them got lost. Here is
a picture of the palace.’

‘Look! The picture of the palace is wrong!’
said Eddie. He was holding his sketchbook
next to the picture. ‘There are only
two windows in the tower. I drew three
windows.’
‘Maybe you painted it wrong,’ said Carrie.
‘Or perhaps there’s a secret room,’ thought
Eddie.
He was touching a bookcase when
suddenly it moved and he fell. Everything
went black.

‘Eddie, wake up! What were you doing?’
Carrie was talking to him kindly. ‘You fell
down some stairs. You found a secret
room. Lord Bingley wants to see you.’
‘Oh, really?’ Eddie answered. He got up
quickly and went to see Lord Bingley.
‘You found a secret room in the palace!
And in the room we found some of Lady
Charlotte’s paintings!’ said Lord Bingley.
‘Thank you! Oh, dear! Are you OK?’

‘No, it’s just my leg,’ said Eddie. ‘Wait
a minute!’ He took something from his
pocket. ‘It’s the paintbrush I was painting
with! So now I can fi nish my picture of the
palace!’

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