Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of  Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Just do the following:

          ~Grab your current read.

          ~Open to a random page.

          ~Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page. (Sometimes I cheat a bit on this one and do a few more sentences.)
          ~Be careful not to include spoilers! (make sure that what you share doesn't give to much away.               You don't want to ruin the book for others.)

          ~Share the title and author, so the other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser.  :0)

My teaser this week comes from The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

by  Carmen Agra Deedy, Randall Wright, Barry Moser (Illustrator)

A broom came down hard out of London's cold and fog.  Startled, Skilley leapt sideways and the broom whiffled empty air.