the page. “This is the sculpture I've been adding to recently. I remember now. I needed some additional information about it so I went to the library to do some research. As you see, it's not yet finished.”
“Yes,” he went on. “The sculpture was made by the crypto-artist Mr J. Moondie in collaboration with a master of secrets called E. Lightt. Mr Moondie was invited into our school to make the sculpture with Mr Lightt, who was a teacher in the School of Machinists. In those days our school co-operated closely with the University of Machines across all the disciplines, but now it's different. They made the sculpture but all knowledge of its present whereabouts is lost.”
There was a little tap on the door and in came Mrs Gamezynka. She was carrying a tray with teacups and a strange dark oblong shape sitting on a doily.
“I thought I heard children's voices,” she said cosily. “So
I said to myself: they simply must try some of my block cake.”
Paidia's eyes lit up. She had heard about Mrs Gamezynka's block cake with its unique, exquisite flavour. She approached the tray slowly and shyly then cut herself a huge piece of the cake, even slicing at an angle so as to make the piece