Catt peered into the closet. It contained three big wooden trunks, stacked one on top of the other. They took up almost the whole width of the closet. In the space above the highest one was a rod for hanging clothes, but it was empty.

"Coat hangers disagree with me," explained Ms Bethen, gently touching a prong of her antlers with one hand.

Catt hefted one of the trunks out of the closet and onto the floor. Ms Bethen opened the latch.

   In Catt's imagination, she had ant...