Chapter 2 (Part 1)
By evening, the family and all their possessions were at "Moss Banks", the new house. It was not quite accurate to say that they had moved in. Most of the furniture and carpets had been carefully stored in the large barn. The family had spent he afternoon dragging out the old smelly carpets and lino from all the rooms. These were now piled in a heap in the field. Each room had been thoroughly swept and aired to make it a bit fresher. They installed just enough furniture to manage - their beds. a sofa, a table and four chairs. These was so much work to be done that it was a waste of time unpacking things only to move them from room to room as work progressed.
After a tea of sausages and beans cooked on a camping stove, Sam sat at the table with his parents. They were all tired, but mum was still planning what she would do.
"We can knock down this wall between the kitchen and the bathroom to make the kitchen larger. Then we'll move the ballroom upstairs to the cat's room," (as they now called the smelly little room), " and that way we'll have a lovely,big kitchen and the bathroom will be nearer to the bedrooms," she explained, pleased with her ideas.
"Hang on," said Dad."If we move the bathroom to the opposite end of the house, it means I will have to put in a completely new set of drains."
"You are so clever,"said Mum flattering him,"you can do it."She was very cunning when she wanted her own way.
