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Why Castles, Parcels and Metatarsals? Read on!

Our castle is unique. Inside you will find many rooms in which there are festivals, parties and other great celebrations taking place. As you wander from room to room, you will be able to watch a short video introduction of each festival, from the students of our three countries. In each room are people just like you, celebrating, exploring and learning about the way people celebrate in different parts of the world

Parcels? Many celebrations involve gift giving. In many of our rooms you will find parcels, gifts, books and other objects to click on. Explore! There are many surprises hidden in the rooms! Oh, and what's the deal with the cat? You have to work that out. :-)

But what's this about Metatarsals? You see, metatarsals are the small bones in your feet, and as you expore the castle, you will find a very bony fellow living in the dungeon. His name is Death. Have you ever noticed that "spirits" like Death and other ghosts always glide along ... they never walk! Well that's because they don't have feet. ...and worse yet, they are jealous of those of us who do have them.

Although the castle is a happy place, Mr Death has a plan. He's taken up residence in the Halloween room, but roams throughout the castle.

If you answer a quiz question wrong he will grab for your metatarsals; then package them up to send off to his friends. He really has quite a business going, so watch out!

If you answer the question correctly, he will just hang around twiddling his thumbs...waiting for you to make a mistake... ha, ha, ha, ha! So watch out!