Chapter 1 It’s a beautiful day in April Easter break has just begun and the sun is shining so brightly on Home Street that people are throwing their windows open wide First the ones who live in the white house then those in the gray house and then the people in the green house
But in the yellow house there’s no sign of life No Dad comes to the door to pick up the newspaper newpaper No Cat appears chasing after a mouse No girl runs out and stops to pick a crocus from the lawn then rushes into the kitchen to put it in an eggcup No there’s no girl to be seen What girl is this you might wonder Dani of course Or Daniela if we use her real name But on the day we’re talking about it seems she isn’t at home When some of her classmates turn up and ring the doorbell no one answers it Cushion and Meatball and Benny want to deliver an Easter egg from the class and the teacher because Dani hasn’t been to school for seven weeks No one has seen her since before the break when she got sick They ring and ring the doorbell but no one opens the door Where is she 10
What if she’s dead says Meatball In that case it won’t matter if we eat some of her egg says Benny She’s not dead Cushion keeps a firm grip on the chocolate egg I’ll look after it until she comes home from Northbrook or wherever she is Benny glares Don’t you know chocolate can go all hard and horrible he mutters as they leave
