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The Mysterious Room (Novel by Ilsa Tariq, Only First 4 Chapters)
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Written by: Ilsa Tariq

Introduction:
Alice had the interest of scouting things. She lived in France with her parents; Mr. and Mrs. Lacey and her younger brother Dominick. They shifted to France from Iowa when Alice was just 6, and now turning 14 on 7th of November. Alice, a very skilled and courageous girl who loves to go on adventures, as well as witty. She has gone through many chilling things in her life, one of them were in school. The room at the back was a mystery to Alice and her friends. As a result they planned to discover it. An ancient dairy in Mr. Henry’s office helped them and looked miraculous. Why was it in Mr. Henry’s office? Is it linked to him? What about the gleaming red diamond? Will Alice & her friends find out the mystery? Or not?

Chapter 1: The Mysterious Ancient Dairy One gloomy morning, 17th October’1992, France. At 7:30 AM, I got prepared for school. I swiftly ate my supper and headed towards the garage. For the first time, my mother drove us to school for the reason that father was gone for an essential meeting to New York, along with my bother. I reached there and noticed that my friends, Ella and Cynthia were not present. In fact, the whole Grade 9 was not present. I felt uneasy. I quickly rocketed to the administration office in tense, to inform if where did grade 9 go? As soon as I reached there I saw the Vice Principal, Mr. Henry. He was tall gentleman with a buxom superstructure and firm shoulders. I quickly gained my confidence and asked him politely “Mr. Henry, where is the entire grade 9?” He replied, “Don’t you know Alice? They are gone to an overnight field trip to Luxembourg. They’ll return today. You should have been known Alice; you’re here in this International School since ages”. I got astonished. Mr. Henry gave me the permission to stay in his office until the students return. I waited for a long time, almost for an hour. I started to feel insecure and bored to tears. I stood up

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