
One day, when World War II was going on, a carriage passed by on the road to Canterbury. In the carriage were four people, a mother, a brother Michael, and a sister Terra. "Are we there yet?" asked Michael. Terra was worried about her father who served as an Elglish soldier in teh Air Force in World War II. As Terra thought about her Father she fell asleep. "Wake up Terra! Wake up! Where here!" shouted Michael as the carriage stopped at uncle Thomas' house. He gave them sugar sticks and said "Let's take a look at your rooms." Michaels room was bright orange with toy planes hanging down from the ceiling. Terra's room was light purple with a chandelier hanging down. Terra's bed had a silk canopy. Michael's room had a bunk bed. Uncle Thomas introduced Terra to her maid Layla. "I like your cat." said Layla shyly. Lucky Terra's black cat was peeping out from behind Terra. Terra looked longingly at the garden. Uncle Thomas said she could spend the day in it after lunch but lunch seem so far away to Terra. For lunch Terra, Michael, Mother and Uncle Thomas had turkey sandwiches, egg salad, caeser salads and for dessert they had cinammon cakes. Lucky had cream and milk for lunch. After lunch Terra went to the garden and picked flowers and sketched. Just then Layla came running to Terra and said "Terra! Terra! I need to tell you something! I found a secret passage that's in the basement. Meet me there in 5 minutes." As Terra entered the basement a bright light startled her. It was Layla. "Are you ready?" asked Layla. "Yes" answered Terra. Layla opened the door and they went into the secret passage. It was dark but Layla's lantern shone brightly. Terra saw another bright light ahead. She thought it was someone else but when she got closer she saw it was a garden. Terra and Layla spent hours in the garden. they got back just in time for dinner. At dinner they feasted on ham, chowder and roasted vegetables. For dessert they had chocolate cake. The next morning when Terra woke up she could smell coffee and heard bacon sizzling. She jumped out of bed, got dressed and ran downstairs. For breakfast had coffee, bacon, toast, eggs and biscuits. During breakfast Mother said that she and Michael got jobs in London. Terra said "Where will I stay?" Mother said "you will live here with Uncle Thomas." After Terra's thing had been transported over to her new house she got settled in. Everyday after lunch Terra and Layla spent time together in the secret passage and they became great friends.