Cambridge, 1860. Would a plant drink ink as happily as it would drink water? Is there anything that eats a cat? How did any spider know how to make such a perfect sticky net for catching flies? Bill s head is full of questions and it always seems to get him into trouble. Especially when one of his experiments causes his father to lose his job. Bill gets a bit of money for his family selling interesting fossils he has found. But it s not much and then someone else needs his help and fast. And it just so happens that Bill has discovered something something that could be the answer to his problems. But for the rest of the world, it is something that questions everything...