Summary

The Mouse-Burglar – The narrator is lowered down to Room 454’s balcony in a sock by Grandmamma. The narrator then slips into the room, which smells musty, like old witches. In the bed’s mattress, the narrator discovers numerous vials of Formula 86, one of which he cuts out with his teeth. While trying to get out, the narrator must hide behind a bedpost as the Grand High Witch suddenly returns. The narrator discovers three frogs which the narrator learns the Grand High Witch does not need for her Formula anymore, so she intends to throw them to the seagulls to eat. It is then that the Grand High Witch hears Grandmamma yelling for the narrator to hurry up. The Grand High Witch then yells up to Grandmamma, asking what is going on. Grandmamma explains she merely dropped the sock she was...