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When war is declared, Lily sees an opportunity to escape her domineering father: she will join the Great Western Railway factory to win her financial independence and move out of home. Maggie doesn’t want to simply follow in her sisters’ footsteps and work in the laundries at the GWR. So, when the chance comes to volunteer for men’s work in the machine shop, she’s the first to raise her hand. Catherine, a clerk in the GWR office, has been helping with London’s evacuation efforts, organising trains to move children out of the city.

There was once a little girl who was very obstinate and disobedient. Her name was Amy. One day, she said to her parents, "I have heard so much about an old witch that lives in the jungle. I want to go to her house and see what she actually looks like. People say that she is a wonderful old woman. She knows all kinds of magic tricks and has many marvelous and exciting things in her house. I am very curious to see them. I want to learn magic tricks from her. I even heard that she could fly in the sky."