Telling Stories

Tom's cousin Dan arrives for the Christmas holidays. He finds it hard to believe Tom's stories about a trip through the Grandfather Clock to Yngerlande, but begins to change his mind when mysterious coloured baubles appear in their room in the middle of the night.

Still troubled by what he saw on his visit to Yngerlande, Tom is back in Runswick Bay, England in the present day. He visits The Crab and Lobster in the village and discovers clues from the past. Back at The Rectory, a message is waiting for him

After surviving the wolf attack on the moors, Tom and Silas make it back to the safety of The Rectory in Runswick Bay. Silas answers many of Tom's questions, but the biggest question is left unanswered as he returns to England through the Grandfather Clock.

Silas meets Tom at the White Lion in Whitby and takes him back to the Rectory in Runswick Bay. On the journey, in wild and wintry countryside, their carriage is attacked by a ravenous pack of wolves. Tom discovers some of his new powers for the first time.

Thomas discovers a powerful connection between himself and the mysterious stranger on the Whitby coach

A mysterious stranger boards the coach to Whitby at the last minute. Tom discovers a powerful secret connection with her

Tom finds himself waiting for a coach on the quayside at Scarborough to take him to Whitby. His cover story is that he is an orphan from Corams Field in London on his way to Runswick Bay to be apprenticed as a Doctor in the Reverend Silas Cummerbund's Rectory. He encounters some "persons of interest" before starting his journey

Tom finds out more about Silas' plans for him

This is chapter 3 of The Watcher and The Friend. Thomas Trelawney, aged 13, meets the mysterious Silas Cummerbund, The Watcher, for the first time

This is the second chapter of the YA/Childrens book, The Watcher and The Friend, by R J Barron