Chapter 6

CHAPTER SIX GREAT AUNT QUICK FINGERS They followed Binky down the road and along a lane. Soon he came to his Great- Aunt's cottage. It was very snug and small. To Mollie's enormous delight, five or six little brown dogs, rather like spaniels were flying about the garden on small white wings. They barked loudly and flew to the three of them.

'Now, now- these are friends of mine,' said Binky, and patted the nearest dog, which was flying round his head. It was strange to have the little dogs sailing about the air like gulls! One flew up to Mollie and rested its front paws on her shoulder. She laughed, and the dog licked her face. Then off it flew again, and chased after a sparrow, barking madly.

Great-Aunt Quick- Fingers came to the door, looking surprised. 'Why, Binky- back again so soon!' she said. 'What's happened?' Binky told her. 'So you see, Great- Aunt, now that the poor chair has lost all its wings, I'm afraid that the Growing Ointment you gave me won't be enough,' said Binky. 'I'm so sorry.' 'Well, well- it takes a very clever person to see through the Slippery ways,' said his Great- Aunt. 'You'd better come in and have tea now you're all here!'

The children put down the wishing-chair and Great-Aunt Quick-Fingers got the little treacle tarts out of the oven. 'There you are,' she said. 'Get your fingers nice and sticky with those! I'll go and make some more Growing Ointment for you. It won't take long.'

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She disappeared, and the children sat and munched the lovely treacle tarts. Just at that moment she came back, with a fairly large jar. She handed it to Binky. 'There you are. Use that and see what happens. But remember, you can only use it once on anything. The spell doesn't act twice. It's no good trying to use the ointment another time on the chair, to make it grow wings, because it won't be any use.'