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When Letitia heard wolves howling and lions roaring, she got so scared that she ran for her

life. Suddenly out of the woods a hand grabbed Letitia, put her on a horse and rode off. They
soon came to a house deep in the forest.

“Come in, child! You should be safe here,” the man said. "Sit by the fire, you must be cold."

“But who is this?” the woman of the house asked. I found her running in the woods. The wolf
pack must have been about.

“Oh! poor thing! She must have been so scared. Peggy, take her to your room and give her

one of your dresses.”
Letitia kept looking at the family. There was something really curious about them.

Suddenly, it hit her! This was John Hopkins, her great, great grandfather, and the woman

was Maria, his wife, and the little girl, Peggy was her
great grandaunt. She had seen their pictures in the
family album.

Could it be possible that the Green Door had led her

into her family's past?
"Oh goodness! What's happening?" Letitia wondered.

While she was engrossed in her thoughts, her great,

grandaunt gave her a plain dress with a smile.

“I don't like this dress, it's too boring and too long!”
Letitia said.

“What do you mean, it is too boring? I find your dress a
bit too showy. If you want to stay here, this is how you
will have to dress. And wear these shoes,” Peggy said.

"I don't like these shoes either," Letitia said.
“What? You say the strangest things. What are you even talking about? Now get dressed and

come down else mother will be cross.”

So, Letitia did as she was told.

She had no option.

The dress was so long and loose, and her feet hurt when she wore those wooden shoes!
She came limping downstairs, and when she saw the food, she cried out. “What is this now?”

“It is corn porridge. Can't you recognize it?" Maria said.

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