The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair [antikvár]

THE STRANGE OLD SHOPThe adventures really began on the day that Mollie and Peter went out to spend thirty-five pence on a present for their mother's birthday.They emptied the money out of their moneybox and counted it."Thirty-five!" said Peter. "Good! Now, what shall we buy Mother?""Mother loves old things," said Mollie. "If we could find an old shop somewhere, fiill of old thingsyou know, fimny spoons, quaint vases, old glasses, and beadssomething of that sort would be lovely for Mother. She would love an old tea-caddy to keep the tea in, Fm sure, or perhaps an old, old vase.""All right," said Peter. "We'll go and find one of those shops this very day. Put on your hat and come on, Mollie."Off they went, and ran into the town."Ifs a shop with the word * Antiques' over it that we want," said Peter. "Antiques means old things. Just look out for that, Mollie."But there seemed to be no shop with the word "Antiques" printed over it at all. The children left the main street and went down a little turning. There were more shops there, but still not the one they wanted. So on they went and came to a 5