Kienet dar li tistenbaħ mal-lejl, tokrob, titniehed u tagħmel kull xorta ta’ ħsejjes; waqt li n-nanna Ġolina tqum tippassiġġa fid-dalma, iċċekċek il-kuruna tar-rużarju u titlob lil San Mikiel.

Fuq kollox, dik id-dar qadima kienet tobgħod lill-irġiel.

[-l-]When Toni was six he found himself living with six women, in an old house in the city.

It was a quaint house that wakes up at night, crying and moaning, while Gradma Golina roams the corridors rattling her rosary beads and reciting strange prayers.

It’s a really queer house… a house that hates men!

Iz-ziju Peter beda jwaħħal fiz-zija!

Il-papa’ ried li jdaħħlu l-pulizija fin-nofs.

Iz-ziju Flynn kien dejjem isefsef f’widnejn iz-ziju Peter.

X’kienet il-verita’? X’sar minnha l-ġiżirana?

[-l-]Auntie Marija declares:”It’s a miracle!”

Uncle Peter blames Auntie Marija.

Dad suggests they should call the police.

Uncle Flynn and Uncle Peter were always conspiring.

But no one knows what really happened to the valuable old necklace.

Tassew li min jgħaddi minnu jisparixxi?

U min kienu dawk l-irġiel bi lbies stramb li dewwew sieq Marthese?

Tgħid ta’ min jibqa’ jafdahom u jemmen kulma qalu?

[-l-]Village folk say that one must keep away from blue mist.

Whenever it appears at the bottom of the valley strange things happen.

And if you pass through it you’ll disappear altogether.

There are those who believe the story while a group of older children challange the myth.

Iżda issa ċ-ċens għalaqlu u s-sid irid ibigħha.

U Manwel m’għandux flus biex jixtriha.

Min jista’ jgħinu jikseb dawk il-flus kollha… tgħid Siko-Sao?

[-l-]Manwel lived all his years in his villa by the valley.

But now the rent contract has expired and he must make a decision: either buy the villa or move out.

But how can he ever manage to get hold of all that money?

Maybe Siko-Sao could lend a helping hand.

U l-għaliex dejjem deher fuq ir-razzett ta’ Kola l-Qerqni?

Joyce, Dennis u Albert għamlu ħilithom biex isolvu l-biċċa, imma b’Kitty ddur ġo saqajhom xejn ma kienet ħaġa ħafifa.

[-l-]Whatever might be the “green moon” that night after night apprears on Kola’s farmhouse?
And why does it always appear at midnight?
Joyce, Dennis and Albert try to solve the riddle but with Kitty around things are almost impossible.

Imma x’sabu… ħrafa jew verita’?

U Fredu għalfejn indaħal, biex jgħinhom jew biex ifixkilhom?

IL-KAXXA TAZ-ZIJU ġie tradott għall-Għarbi u ppubblikat minn NLA Projects Ltd – 1994

[-l-]Stella, Viktor and Karmen set out to discover what’s hidden in Uncle Ninu’s old large wooden box.
And their discovery looks more like myth than fact.

Ħadd qatt ma ta kasha, sakemm bdew jidhru d-dwal misterjużi.

Tgħid x’kienu? Min kien qed jagħmilhom?

Forsi l-ispirtu tas-suldat maqtul?

[-l-]The old fort has been neglected for years.
No one ever gave it a thought … until strange lights flash through its windows.
Could there be any truth in the old legend of a ghost soldier?

Iżda meta semgħu bil-ġrajja tax-xelter dan il-gost inbidel f’avventura stramba.

Is-Sinjura Roż daħlet ukoll fil-biċċa… daqqa biex tfixkel u daqqa biex tgħin.

[-l-]Louis, Mario and Rita are always happy to spend a couple of days with Auntie Karmena and Uncle Pawlu, but when they learn that in their garden there’s an underground war shelter, strange things start to happen.

Ġorġ u Lino kienu qed jgħaddu vaganzi mill-isbaħ fit-torri tan-nannu Indrin, iżda l-ġrajja tal-pulena qanqlitilhom kurżita’ kbira wisq!

Tgħid l-għaliex Żaru l-Għakkar kien dejjem idur warajhom?

U l-għaliex in-nannu Indrin ma kienx iridhom jersqu lejn l-għerien?

[-l-]Gorg and Lino are spending their holidays at Granpa Andrew’s place… an old tower.
They learn about the lost golden figurehead, a family treasure, and all of a sudden their holiday turns into a treasure hunt.