The next day, Coraline explores the outside of the house again. She notices the door is ajar, closes it, and returns to bed, where she dreams of black shapes singing a creepy tune. She follows a small, shadowy shape to the drawing room, where she sees it scurry toward the door. That night while in bed, Coraline hears a noise and goes to investigate. On the other side of the brick wall is an empty flat no one has moved into yet. Her mother unlocks the door to show Coraline that there is a brick wall behind it that was put there when the house was divided into flats. There is also a black cat that wanders the grounds, but Coraline fails to befriend it.Īfter exploring all she can outside, Coraline grows bored and becomes curious about a door in the family’s drawing-room. Bobo, an eccentric old man training a mouse circus in the upstairs flat. Her neighbors are Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, two aging former actresses who live in the downstairs flat, and Mr. They also cook food that Coraline doesn’t enjoy. Coraline’s parents work from home in separate offices and have little time for her. Coraline is a perceptive and adventurous girl whose family has recently moved into a flat within a large, divided house.
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