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we’re going to find out who it is.’
    Jess was excited. ‘We’ll be like detectives!’ she said. ‘Let’s look for clues.’
    Elly shook her head. She was hungry. ‘Let’s have lunch first. You should never look for clues on an empty stomach.’
    She opened her backpack and pulled out a large, glittery blue box.
    â€˜What’s that?’ asked Jess curiously. It looked a bit like a lunch box with a big dial on top.
    â€˜It’s a Wunch-Box,’ explained Elly. ‘Wunch stands for Whatever U Need Culinary Holder,’ she said, and showed Jess how the box worked.
    On the dial are numerous lunchtime options — from salad roll to pizza slices. All you have to do is turn the dial to what you want for lunch and when you open the box there it is, waiting for you.

‘You put the ingredient powder in here,’ said Elly, opening up a flap on the side. ‘And you have to charge it up once a week.’
    â€˜That’s a cool invention,’ said Jess. She liked her mum’s pottery but she couldn’t help wishing that she were an inventor, like Elly’s mum.
    â€˜It’s good if it’s working properly,’ said Elly. She’d had trouble with her Wunch-Box before and today it was looking particularly dented and scratched.
    Elly felt like tomato soup. But when she tried turning the dial she found it wouldn’t budge from cupcakes.
    â€˜That’s not so bad,’ said Jess, looking at the options on the dial. ‘It could’ve been stuck on olive and anchovy pikelets.’
    Elly sighed. Cupcakes were fine if you were in the mood for them. But she felt like tomato soup. Unfortunately, it looked like it was cupcakes or nothing. There was nothing she could do but click the ‘Make Lunch!’ button, and wait.
    A few moments later, steam began to rise from the Wunch-Box and the smell of baking filled the air. The Fairy Club girls looked up when the cupcake smell wafted over. Caitlin looked at Elly and Jess curiously. Elly waved her hands around, hoping to make the smell go away.
    Caitlin smiled and waved back. ‘Your lunch smells great!’ she called.
    â€˜Thanks!’ Elly called back.
    â€˜You know,’ Elly said to Jess, ‘I don’t think Caitlin’s all that bad.’
    Jess shrugged. ‘She’s not as bad as most of the Fairy Club girls, I guess.’
    â€˜What exactly is Fairy Club?’ asked Elly.
    â€˜I guess they just sit around talking about fairies,’ Jess said. Then she looked quickly at Elly. ‘Not cool fairies like you, of course. Sucky fairies.’
    Elly nodded. She knew all about sucky fairy stuff.
    â€˜Then on the weekend they go to each other’s houses and dress up and pretend they’re fairies,’ continued Jess, rolling her eyes. ‘It’s so dumb.’
    Jess seemed to know a lot about Fairy Club. ‘Have you ever been?’ Elly asked her.
    Jess looked embarrassed. ‘Well, no,’ she said. ‘But I’m glad. I wouldn’t want to go anyway. I’d rather spend my spare time inventing a flying machine.’
    Elly opened the lunch box and a row of perfect cupcakes was sitting inside, covered in chocolate icing and coloured sprinkles. She offered one to Jess.
    â€˜Wow!’ said Jess, taking one. ‘They look great.’
    â€˜Let me try mine first,’ warned Elly, sniffing her cake. ‘Sometimes the Wunch-Box food isn’t quite right. Once I had a banana that tasted like salami. It was so disgusting.’ Elly took a cautious bite and smiled. This time, at least, the cupcake was perfect.
    Jess took a big bite of hers. ‘These are great!’ she said. She picked up the Wunch Box and examined it closely. ‘Maybe I could turn my lunch box into one of these. What is the ingredient powder made of?’
    â€˜Kitchen dust,’ said Elly.
    Jess spat out a mouthful of cake. ‘Dust?’ she