“Beware...” “By all means,” said Maribella, “that sounds like wonderful advice. Into the rubbish you go.” She grabbed a book off the shelf and chunked it right into the cart Asteria had pushed in. She went for another book. “Wait—” came the mysterious voice from one book as she grabbed it and tossed it in the cart. None of the books whispered now, but spoke in loud and clear voices. “But we didn't mean—” said the next book. “Can't we talk about this f—” cried the next one. “Hey what's the big i—” shouted another. “Come along, Asteria,” said Maribella. “Toss them all into the rubbish. There we
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