PORTAL TO PERIL

1 For the sixth Sunday in a row you are on a family day out to a crusty old National Heritage house. BORING. You moan so much that your parents send you outside with your baby brother, leaving them to admire yet another set of medieval manuscripts. In the corridor you become distracted by your phone and fail to notice your brother crawl away. GO TO 24.

2 You are not a bit hurt and jump to your feet in a moment, walking through a long, low hall with doors all around. Standing by a three-legged table, a girl stares at something in her hand. You hurry over and ask if she’s seen your brother. ‘I have,’ she replies. ‘He went through that door.’ She points to a tiny, baby-sized door. ‘You can follow him if you drink this.’ She holds up a glass bottle. ‘Or should you eat this?’ In the other hand is a delicate cake. ‘Oh dear,’ she says. TO EAT GO TO 7, TO DRINK GO TO 9.

You push the woman out of the way, convinced she wants to cook you. Running from the house, you return to the.