Chapter 6

Chapter SIX Dad hurried off to get the crystal ball while I marvelled at my little sister now being my BIG sister. 'I think you'd better put my trousers down, Honeyblossom,' I told her. 'You don't want to grow even bigger.' But Honeyblossom just stared at me and started trying to put them in her

mouth. I went to grab them, then scurried backwards. It would be no good for me to get the magic soil on my skin too! I would have to just let Honeyblossom play. Then I remembered Mum touching the dust, and my insides squiggled with anxiety.

Quietly, I opened the door to Mum and Dad's room. She was still asleep, at her usual size! At first glance, everything seemed to be normal and I breathed a sigh of relief.

But as my eyes adjusted to the dark, I noticed her hair. All of her hair. It was trailing down her body, off the side of the bed and curling onto the floor. She looked like Rapunzel!

'Oh no!' I whispered, sneaking out of the room and closing the door again. Now we had more than just Honeyblossom to worry about. Wait. Where was Honeyblossom?! My trousers were in the middle of the floor, but she was nowhere to be seen. How could a giant baby hide? I squinted at the trousers, just in case she had shrunk down into them somehow, but then I noticed some bubbles hovering in the air further along the landing. The bathroom door was open! Hurriedly, I ran to the bathroom. Of course she would be big enough to use the

door handles now, and Honeyblossom was indeed inside, sitting in the middle of the floor, surrounded by beautiful bubbles, smiling and smiling and smiling.