John Masefield wrote the children's fantasy novel "The Box of Delights" in 1935. It was the sequel to his novel "The Midnight Folk". The story revolves around the adventures of Kay Harker, a schoolboy returning from boarding school to his home at Seekings. He meets an old Punch and Judy man at the train station who entrusts him with the safety of his magic box of delights. But a sinister gang of 'wolves' also wants the box, led by the evil Abner Brown...
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Monday, 9 March 2009

Episode Three - In Darkest Cellars Underneath


We are introduced to Abner's partner in crime, Sylvia Daisy Pouncer. But is she as dedicated to Abner as she first appears?

Meanwhile Miss Maria is 'scrobbled' and is nowhere to be found. Have Abner's men taken her?

While out in the woods Kay, Peter and the others hear the familiar sound of the car that becomes a plane, the vehicle used by Abner's men. They use the boxes magic powers to 'go small' and board a child's sailing boat in the river, little realising that the river heads into fast flowing rapids. Will they escape....?