Star-crossed lovers, dinosaurs, Greek gods, and a headless ghost come into the tale. A feast with the immortals, made of marble come to life, results in the children being stranded on an island. A girl becomes a statue, and another girl finds herself stretched out to 12-feet tall. A boy is suddenly changed into a prosperous old man. A half-dozen “ugly-wuglies” come to life. What comes of it is a series of hilarious and exciting adventures– first as the children use the power of invisibility to make money and to solve a crime, then as their wishes go awry one after another. Meanwhile, the statues in the castle grounds come to life in moonlight, and the castle is full of secret passages and hidden treasures. But make-believe magic soon leads them to real magic, with an enchanted ring that first turns people invisible, then grants wishes.
He and his brother and sister, forced to stay at school over the summer holidays, soon make the acquaintance of a sleeping princess who is actually the housekeeper’s niece, Mabel Prowse, playing at dress-up. This is an enchanted garden, and that’s an enchanted castle, and I’m jolly well going to explore…. ‘I’m going to believe in magic as hard as I can. ‘Well, don’t let’s spoil the show with any silly old not believing,’ said Gerald with decision. ‘Perhaps there’s given up being magic because people didn’t believe in it any more,’ said Kathleen. ‘Oh, that sort!’ Jimmy’s contempt was deep. ‘Wireless is rather like magic when you come to think of it,’ said Gerald.
‘I think magic went out when people began to have steam-engines,’ Jimmy insisted, ‘and newspapers, and telephones and wireless telegraphing.’ ‘How do you know? Do you think there’s nothing in the world but what you’ve seen?’ His scorn was crushing. ‘But there aren’t any,’ Jimmy was quite positive. ‘It is an enchanted castle,’ said Gerald in hollow tones.
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