"Powl ? Are you all right ?"
But Pauline couldn't hear, she was so shocked.
"Powl? What's wrong ?" asked Henry again.
"The... the text ... and ... and the ... the pictures, they're ... disappearing ..."
"What do you mean ?" asked Lizzie, anxious
"Look ! The pages are all white now !! What happened ?"
"Ok, THAT is weird." said Henry, he was now concerned about all of this, trembling books, white pages, all of that was serious, but what was that about ?
They were all looking at the book, afraid of what it could have been. Magic ? Impossible, at their age (15-16) they all new magic and father Christmas were fake, but then, how could they explane this.