The Secret on the Roof
Everybody thinks the school caretaker is grumpy, until Emma and Max discover his secret.
Story beginning
Mr Grimes was the caretaker at Emma's school. He had a big grey moustache, and he never smiled. He shouted at children who ran in the corridors. "Don't touch that!" he said every day. All the children were a little afraid of him. Every afternoon, he went up the old stairs to the roof with a big bag.
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