The Gas Mask - Duncan Kilburn - Bog

Tom is a typical young school kid rather enjoying his sleepy school summer holiday. But one day this rest is shattered as he finds himself staying over at his grandfather's old unfamiliar house whilst his parents were out. Initially being rather bored an intriguing adventure soon begins, events that Tom will never forgot long into old age!
While his grandfather took his usual daily nap, Tom decides to explore the old spooky house making his way upstairs. Stumbling and entering upon a small unknown room, he finds a hidden ladder leading to a trapdoor in the ceiling above him. Steeling himself, he clambers up the ladder and bravely opens the hatch above him...
Entering the dark dusty loft, Tom eyes slowly acclimatise enough in the gloom allowing him to find and turn on a dim light. Only to glimpse around him in the twilight, many old toys, and items over in one corner. Cautiously creeping over he finds and then warily opens an old chest...