The Dollanger family was a very happy and firm family. Father, mother, one daughter (Cathy), one son (Chris) and a twins (Carry and Cory). That evening father has become 36, everybody was dressed very chiquely and everyone waits with anguish for the moment of father's arrival, but he doesn't come. Two policemen come to the Dollanger's house to tell that Mr.Dollanger is perished in a car accident. All the hearts of the family are broken. They had to move, because the bills can't be paid anymore. They want to move in with the parents of Mrs.Dollanger, extremely rich people. Mrs.Dollanger wants to re-win the affection of her father, which she has lost, because of something that happened in the past and …show more content…
They aren't allowed to make noise and nobody must know that they (the four children) were in the house, especially grandfather, because he would send them straight away.
When grandmother comes over to bring food the next morning, the children get a list of all the house rules and they have to learn them inside out. Grandmother isn't nice.
Cathy, Christopher, Carry and Cory go to the attic, the room where they discover the strange things. They also discover that there have been locked up more children in the attic. After a while they want fresh air from outside, especially Carrie and Cory. In the evening their mother visits them and she looks very …show more content…
She orders him to go away by the window but instead of obey her he starts to abrise her. Grandmother gets so furious that Cathy and Chris are thrashed by the whip.
One morning there's a mouse stocked in a mouse-trap, with one paw. Cory wants him as a pet, so there is a new mate, Mickey.
After 2 months mother visits them again. But instead of embrace her, they read her a lecture. Cathy doesn't believe her anymore and she is depressive she wants to commit suicide. Their mother will not visit them until they treat her with respect and love.
After ten days mother comes again. She tells them she is married again and that she is very happy. The children don't like this of course. Cathy and Chris want to escape and they want to take the twins with them. Chris forges the key of the room and he steals money from his mother every day, so that they soon have enough money to live with. (At least for a