| Coraline. Chapter One |
| Coraline found a door soon after moving into their new house. |
| The house was very old. It had a dusty attic at the top and a dark cellar at the bottom. Outside, the garden was full of big, old trees and tall grass. |
| Coraline's family only lived in part of the house. The rest was too big. Other people lived in the house too. Below Coraline, on the ground floor, lived Miss Spink and Miss Forcible. They were old and round ladies who had many little dogs with names like Hamish, Andrew, and Jock. Miss Spink told Coraline that she and Miss Forcible were actresses a long time ago. |