The new house
Emma and Charlie Taylor are a young couple who moves into a new house in Pangbourne.
Charlie is 28, he has blond hair and blue eyes. Emma is 29, she has blond hair, too. They had meet at a party three years before. Charlie is from Pangbourne, a small town in the UK, and Emma is from London.
First, Emma finds a picture with a women in it on the attic.
She wants to put it on the wall, but Charlie thinks that the women in the picture looks a bit sad.
Then, Emma and Charlie leave the picture on the floor and start to wash and clean the kitchen and the living room.
After three hours they decide to go out for a dinner.
They go to a restaurant near the river, have a dinner there and talk about what they want to do to the house.
Then, they talk about children and Charlie says that he wants to wait a while, but Emma always wanted to have a children, so she is quiet in this evening. Later, they go home...
In the night, Emma has a horrimle dream, so she turnes on. It is 2:30. She hears some noise from the attic, so she wakes Charlie up. There is a noise and it seems a kind of crying noise. Suddenly, the noise stops...
After a minute, Charlie and Emma go to the attic to see what's there. They go slowly and carefully up the stairs and then Charlie opens the door slowly and looks inside... There is nothing!
Finally, they go back to bed, but Emma is still frightened...
Emma and Charlie Taylor are a young couple who moves into a new house in Pangbourne.
Charlie is 28, he has blond hair and blue eyes. Emma is 29, she has blond hair, too. They had meet at a party three years before. Charlie is from Pangbourne, a small town in the UK, and Emma is from London.
First, Emma finds a picture with a women in it on the attic.
She wants to put it on the wall, but Charlie thinks that the women in the picture looks a bit sad.
Then, Emma and Charlie leave the picture on the floor and start to wash and clean the kitchen and the living room.
After three hours they decide to go out for a dinner.
They go to a restaurant near the river, have a dinner there and talk about what they want to do to the house.
Then, they talk about children and Charlie says that he wants to wait a while, but Emma always wanted to have a children, so she is quiet in this evening. Later, they go home...
In the night, Emma has a horrimle dream, so she turnes on. It is 2:30. She hears some noise from the attic, so she wakes Charlie up. There is a noise and it seems a kind of crying noise. Suddenly, the noise stops...
After a minute, Charlie and Emma go to the attic to see what's there. They go slowly and carefully up the stairs and then Charlie opens the door slowly and looks inside... There is nothing!
Finally, they go back to bed, but Emma is still frightened...
A surprise for Emma
Firstly, Charlie goes to Newcastle for work for a couple of days.++
Emma doesn't want to stay alone, but Charlie has to go.
Then Emma feels bad and frightened.
She decides to go to see the doctor and then to clean the house.
After that Emma goes to her doctor and tells him about her feeling.
A few minutes later, the doctor says that Emma is going to have a baby.
Emma is really shocked, because Charlie doesn't want children for a long time.
Then, Emma goes to the shops to buy food, but she is still nervous.+
Emma goes home and meets an old woman near the next house.+
This woman is named Carol, she's Emma's neighbor.+
Emma invites Carol for a cup of coffee, because she wants to speak with someone.+
Mrs.Carol tells her about Miss Spencer, who lived in Emma's house a few years ago.
She says that Miss Spancer was a bit strange and sometimes she talked to herself.
Emma tells about the noises in the attic.
Finally, Carol says that it's just the old house, so Emma hopes Carol is right...+
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Firstly, Charlie goes to Newcastle for work for a couple of days.++
Emma doesn't want to stay alone, but Charlie has to go.
Then Emma feels bad and frightened.
She decides to go to see the doctor and then to clean the house.
After that Emma goes to her doctor and tells him about her feeling.
A few minutes later, the doctor says that Emma is going to have a baby.
Emma is really shocked, because Charlie doesn't want children for a long time.
Then, Emma goes to the shops to buy food, but she is still nervous.+
Emma goes home and meets an old woman near the next house.+
This woman is named Carol, she's Emma's neighbor.+
Emma invites Carol for a cup of coffee, because she wants to speak with someone.+
Mrs.Carol tells her about Miss Spencer, who lived in Emma's house a few years ago.
She says that Miss Spancer was a bit strange and sometimes she talked to herself.
Emma tells about the noises in the attic.
Finally, Carol says that it's just the old house, so Emma hopes Carol is right...+
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Chapter 3
More noises in the night
Emma is alone at home and she's sitting and thinking about her house.
First she things that she have to clean windows the next day, so she has to find her old window-cleaning shirt.
Then she starts to go to the attic to find the shirt and she feels confidently at first.
But Emma remembers about the noises in the attic so she becomes a bit frightened.
After that she goes to the attic and takes the shirt, but she notices that something is wrong around her.
The room is very clean and tidy, but nobody hasn't cleaned it before!
Emma decides to go away of this room and she goes to the bedroom to sleep.
A bit later she understands that she can't sleep, because she things about the attic, so she turns on the TV.
Suddenly she begins to hear more noises from the attic... she becomes nervous.
She continues to say to herself that everything is well, but it doesn't help her!
So then Emma takes her old hockey stick and goes to the attic.
Her hurt beats faster and faster, because she thinks somebody's in the house.
Emma goes up the stairs to the attic and then she openes the door to the attic and throws her hockey stick to the room!
She cries because it's her house and that she doesn't want to see no one in the house, but nobody answers her...
It's half-dark, so Emma sees somebody’s foot and a green dress, but the noises stop and everything in Emma's eyes become very dark.
She runs to her room and tryis to found her mobile phone to phone to her husband.
It's to late to phone, but Emma's very frightened, so she phones to Charlie and he answers her.
She tells him about the noises and about somebody in green dress, but Charlie can't go home so he just says Emma to go sleep and to feel safe because things look different in the dark.
Finally they finish talking and Emma continues to thing about the attic and about somebody who is there.
It's strange, because the woman in the picture from the attic is in the same dress...
But Emma becomes more comfortable and decides that it's all because of her pregnant.
More noises in the night
Emma is alone at home and she's sitting and thinking about her house.
First she things that she have to clean windows the next day, so she has to find her old window-cleaning shirt.
Then she starts to go to the attic to find the shirt and she feels confidently at first.
But Emma remembers about the noises in the attic so she becomes a bit frightened.
After that she goes to the attic and takes the shirt, but she notices that something is wrong around her.
The room is very clean and tidy, but nobody hasn't cleaned it before!
Emma decides to go away of this room and she goes to the bedroom to sleep.
A bit later she understands that she can't sleep, because she things about the attic, so she turns on the TV.
Suddenly she begins to hear more noises from the attic... she becomes nervous.
She continues to say to herself that everything is well, but it doesn't help her!
So then Emma takes her old hockey stick and goes to the attic.
Her hurt beats faster and faster, because she thinks somebody's in the house.
Emma goes up the stairs to the attic and then she openes the door to the attic and throws her hockey stick to the room!
She cries because it's her house and that she doesn't want to see no one in the house, but nobody answers her...
It's half-dark, so Emma sees somebody’s foot and a green dress, but the noises stop and everything in Emma's eyes become very dark.
She runs to her room and tryis to found her mobile phone to phone to her husband.
It's to late to phone, but Emma's very frightened, so she phones to Charlie and he answers her.
She tells him about the noises and about somebody in green dress, but Charlie can't go home so he just says Emma to go sleep and to feel safe because things look different in the dark.
Finally they finish talking and Emma continues to thing about the attic and about somebody who is there.
It's strange, because the woman in the picture from the attic is in the same dress...
But Emma becomes more comfortable and decides that it's all because of her pregnant.
Chapter 4
What's really happening?
First, Emma wakes up in the morning and it's a beautiful day, but she always thinks about the attic and about Charlie's words.
After the breakfast Emma goes for a walk and all the time she thinks about her baby and how to say Charlie about the baby.
Then, she comes home and she notices a broken cup on the table in the kitchen.
Suddenly she hears a load noise and she becomes afraid again!
Her kitchen window is broken from top to the bottom but Emma doesn't see anybody in the yard...
Emma is shocked and frightened so in a state of shock she runs to the phone to call her husband.
Charlie answers her that everything is Ok and that it's just an old house.
Actually, Charlie can't talk because he's in a meeting, so he just says that he's coming home this night.
After the conversation Emma feels disappointed because Charlie doesn't believe her and he's to angry to hear about their baby.
A bit later someone rings the doorbell so Emma opens the door and she's happy that she's not alone at the house.
It's her neighbor Carol.
Emma shouldn’t tell Carol about her problems, but she can't help talking to someone about everything.
So the women goes to the kitchen and Emma shows Carol a broken cup and a crashed window and tells everything about the house.
Carol just says that all the problems are because of the fact that the house is very old.
Then Carol tells about a people who have lived in the house before and Emma asks about the picture from the attic.
Her neighbor says that it's a picture of Miss Spencer, who has lived in this house for 70 years until she has died.
Carol goes away and Emma sits in the hall and listens to the music, but then she decides to make sure that everything is ok and she goes to the attic.
She opens a door, comes into the room in the attic and sees that all the papers and books are all over the room and the window is opened!
Suddenly everything around her begins to move and fly around Emma, so she runs in the corner of the room and cries 'Stop!'
Finally the room becomes cold and all the things just fall down and stop to move, so Emma runs away.
The rest of the evening Emma just sits in the hall and waits for Charlie, but she feels broken...
Сhapter 5
My dear Alice...
Emma wakes up in the morning and gets ready to meet Charlie.
First, she goes to the kitchen and founds all the papers, books and letters from the attic there.
Emma looks at the papers and notices a lot of letters from George to Alice.
She goes through them, looks at the dates and founds the first one: 20th June 1994, and the last one: 27th March 1945.
Then she reads the first love letter but she decides not to read other letters.
Emma begins to think that Alice is Miss Spencer and that George is her American boyfriend, who has died in a war.
Suddenly someone rings the doorbell ... it's Charlie.
Emma's happy to see Charlie so she runs to him and hugs him, but Charlie is a bit tired...
Then she tells Charlie about the last night, but Charlie probably doesn't believe her so he says her about his incredulity.
After that Emma begins to quarrel with Charlie and says him to go away and to come back when Charlie will believe her.
So Charlie really goes away and Emma begins to cry and to say to herself 'I hate this house!'.
A few hours ago she gets better and she decides to read all the letters from George to Alice.
Emma reads all the love letters and in the last one George says that he understands why Alice's scared.
Also he writes about their baby and that he wants to marry with Alice.
Emma can't understand why Carol hasn't told her about the Miss Spencer's baby.
What has happened to baby?
Perhaps Miss Spenser has had the baby and it has been taken away because she hasn't been married or maybe she has lost the baby…
Emma remembers her baby and that she have to say Charlie about the baby.
She feels guilty because of her behavior with Charlie this day.
Finally at about ten o'clock she feels tired and goes to bed, perhaps things would seem better in the morning.
But that night things get much worse...
What's really happening?
First, Emma wakes up in the morning and it's a beautiful day, but she always thinks about the attic and about Charlie's words.
After the breakfast Emma goes for a walk and all the time she thinks about her baby and how to say Charlie about the baby.
Then, she comes home and she notices a broken cup on the table in the kitchen.
Suddenly she hears a load noise and she becomes afraid again!
Her kitchen window is broken from top to the bottom but Emma doesn't see anybody in the yard...
Emma is shocked and frightened so in a state of shock she runs to the phone to call her husband.
Charlie answers her that everything is Ok and that it's just an old house.
Actually, Charlie can't talk because he's in a meeting, so he just says that he's coming home this night.
After the conversation Emma feels disappointed because Charlie doesn't believe her and he's to angry to hear about their baby.
A bit later someone rings the doorbell so Emma opens the door and she's happy that she's not alone at the house.
It's her neighbor Carol.
Emma shouldn’t tell Carol about her problems, but she can't help talking to someone about everything.
So the women goes to the kitchen and Emma shows Carol a broken cup and a crashed window and tells everything about the house.
Carol just says that all the problems are because of the fact that the house is very old.
Then Carol tells about a people who have lived in the house before and Emma asks about the picture from the attic.
Her neighbor says that it's a picture of Miss Spencer, who has lived in this house for 70 years until she has died.
Carol goes away and Emma sits in the hall and listens to the music, but then she decides to make sure that everything is ok and she goes to the attic.
She opens a door, comes into the room in the attic and sees that all the papers and books are all over the room and the window is opened!
Suddenly everything around her begins to move and fly around Emma, so she runs in the corner of the room and cries 'Stop!'
Finally the room becomes cold and all the things just fall down and stop to move, so Emma runs away.
The rest of the evening Emma just sits in the hall and waits for Charlie, but she feels broken...
Сhapter 5
My dear Alice...
Emma wakes up in the morning and gets ready to meet Charlie.
First, she goes to the kitchen and founds all the papers, books and letters from the attic there.
Emma looks at the papers and notices a lot of letters from George to Alice.
She goes through them, looks at the dates and founds the first one: 20th June 1994, and the last one: 27th March 1945.
Then she reads the first love letter but she decides not to read other letters.
Emma begins to think that Alice is Miss Spencer and that George is her American boyfriend, who has died in a war.
Suddenly someone rings the doorbell ... it's Charlie.
Emma's happy to see Charlie so she runs to him and hugs him, but Charlie is a bit tired...
Then she tells Charlie about the last night, but Charlie probably doesn't believe her so he says her about his incredulity.
After that Emma begins to quarrel with Charlie and says him to go away and to come back when Charlie will believe her.
So Charlie really goes away and Emma begins to cry and to say to herself 'I hate this house!'.
A few hours ago she gets better and she decides to read all the letters from George to Alice.
Emma reads all the love letters and in the last one George says that he understands why Alice's scared.
Also he writes about their baby and that he wants to marry with Alice.
Emma can't understand why Carol hasn't told her about the Miss Spencer's baby.
What has happened to baby?
Perhaps Miss Spenser has had the baby and it has been taken away because she hasn't been married or maybe she has lost the baby…
Emma remembers her baby and that she have to say Charlie about the baby.
She feels guilty because of her behavior with Charlie this day.
Finally at about ten o'clock she feels tired and goes to bed, perhaps things would seem better in the morning.
But that night things get much worse...
A terrible crying
First, Emma wakes up in the middle of the night because of strange sounds.
She hears that somebody says “Help us! Help us!”
She opens her eyes and sees a woman who says these words.
Emma gets scared and she puts her arms round her stomach to protect her baby.
Suddenly, the woman disappears and Emma understands that it has been a ghost!+
Then she wants to call Charlie, but he doesn’t believe her.
But suddenly she hears Charlie’s voice, because he’s at the door of the house and he wants to talk to her.
Emma’s happy to see Charlie, so she throws herself into his arms.+
Charlie says that Emma has to go with him away from this mad house, but Emma refuses.
Then Emma tells Charlie about the ghost and decides to proposE to go to the attic to see everything.
Charlie first realizes that Emma is serious so he gets nervous.+
A few minutes before he decides to go to the attic and they go there together.+
Charlie opens the door and enters inside the room in the attic.
He sees the mess and a lot of things lying around on the floor.
Suddenly all the things begin to move and fly and one book hits Charlie’s face.
But then Charlie hears some noise in the wall and goes downstairs to take a knife.
He returns to the attic, cuts the wall with a knife and finds there a hole.
He takes out some old clothes, and then the wall breaks down and a lot of peices of stone fall down.
Emma is shocked and Charlie is shocked because of the things in the wall.
The bones of a small dead baby are there… so, finally, the couple calls the police.
First, Emma wakes up in the middle of the night because of strange sounds.
She hears that somebody says “Help us! Help us!”
She opens her eyes and sees a woman who says these words.
Emma gets scared and she puts her arms round her stomach to protect her baby.
Suddenly, the woman disappears and Emma understands that it has been a ghost!+
Then she wants to call Charlie, but he doesn’t believe her.
But suddenly she hears Charlie’s voice, because he’s at the door of the house and he wants to talk to her.
Emma’s happy to see Charlie, so she throws herself into his arms.+
Charlie says that Emma has to go with him away from this mad house, but Emma refuses.
Then Emma tells Charlie about the ghost and decides to proposE to go to the attic to see everything.
Charlie first realizes that Emma is serious so he gets nervous.+
A few minutes before he decides to go to the attic and they go there together.+
Charlie opens the door and enters inside the room in the attic.
He sees the mess and a lot of things lying around on the floor.
Suddenly all the things begin to move and fly and one book hits Charlie’s face.
But then Charlie hears some noise in the wall and goes downstairs to take a knife.
He returns to the attic, cuts the wall with a knife and finds there a hole.
He takes out some old clothes, and then the wall breaks down and a lot of peices of stone fall down.
Emma is shocked and Charlie is shocked because of the things in the wall.
The bones of a small dead baby are there… so, finally, the couple calls the police.
A few days later
First, Charlie and Emma stand near the front door of St. Mary’s Church in Pangbourne.
They stand near a fresh hole in the ground in which the baby is buried.
At this moment Emma notices Carol and introduces Charlie her.
After that Charlie begins to talk about Miss Spencer and her baby.
He says that he things Miss Spencer is together with her baby again, as she has wanted.
Carol asks Emma to tell everything, because she doesn’t understand the whole story.
So, Emma explains Carol that when Alice Spencer has died she has been buried near the St. Mary’s Church but her baby has been staying in the house for a long time.
Carol asks Emma why has the ghost came and what has Miss Spencer wanted.
Emma answers that may be Alice has been angry that she and her baby haven’t been together.
Emma hopes that there won’t be any noises in the night.
Charlie apologizes to Emma and says that now he believes her.
Emma finds up that the baby-boy has been died before he’s birth.
Also the police say that Miss Spencer hasn’t been married but George has been the baby’s father.
Later, Carol says good-bye and goes away.
Emma decides to say Charlie about their baby, so she feels really nervous.
And she says Charlie that she knows that they are going to be very happy together: she, he and their baby!
Emma tells about the visit to the doctor and that Charlie and she will have a baby!
Charlie puts his arms round her and says that he’s very happy to have a chance to have a baby.
He kisses Emma and lifts her into the air.
They both laugh!
Happy end :)
First, Charlie and Emma stand near the front door of St. Mary’s Church in Pangbourne.
They stand near a fresh hole in the ground in which the baby is buried.
At this moment Emma notices Carol and introduces Charlie her.
After that Charlie begins to talk about Miss Spencer and her baby.
He says that he things Miss Spencer is together with her baby again, as she has wanted.
Carol asks Emma to tell everything, because she doesn’t understand the whole story.
So, Emma explains Carol that when Alice Spencer has died she has been buried near the St. Mary’s Church but her baby has been staying in the house for a long time.
Carol asks Emma why has the ghost came and what has Miss Spencer wanted.
Emma answers that may be Alice has been angry that she and her baby haven’t been together.
Emma hopes that there won’t be any noises in the night.
Charlie apologizes to Emma and says that now he believes her.
Emma finds up that the baby-boy has been died before he’s birth.
Also the police say that Miss Spencer hasn’t been married but George has been the baby’s father.
Later, Carol says good-bye and goes away.
Emma decides to say Charlie about their baby, so she feels really nervous.
And she says Charlie that she knows that they are going to be very happy together: she, he and their baby!
Emma tells about the visit to the doctor and that Charlie and she will have a baby!
Charlie puts his arms round her and says that he’s very happy to have a chance to have a baby.
He kisses Emma and lifts her into the air.
They both laugh!
Happy end :)
First, a group of teenagers decides to play hide and seek, but Jackson refuses.
There are fourteen of them and they all are in the mood for fun and games except Jackson.
Then, Friend asks Jackson why he doesn’t want to play hide and seek.
He answers that he’s all right and adds that he still hasn’t been playing hide and seek for five years.
So everybody asks him to tell why, but he hesitates for a moment…+
Then he starts to tell about one girl who played hide and seek in a dark house.+
When she was chased she opened a door, jumped and landed at the bottom of the stairs.++
She has broke her neck, of course.
After that, Mrs. Fernley says that the story is terrible and asks Jackson, if he was there at that moment.
He answers ‘No’ and adds that one worse story has happened to him.
So then he starts to tell about one game which is called ‘Smee’.
Here are the rules of the game:
Every player receives a blank sheet of paper except one player.
On the last IT IS sheet is written ‘Smee’ and nobody knows who Smee is.+
Smee goes quietly out of the room and hides and all the other players go off the room to find Smee after a time.
When you meet another one you challenge him by saying ‘Smee’.+
If the other player answers ‘Smee’, you continue searching together and if not, you stay quietly beside him until all the players are in the same place.
The last one to find Smee has to pay a forfeit.
And also Jackson begins to tell a strange story about a dead girl, and this game in a dark house and all his friends stare at him.+
So Jackson proposes all the teenagers to play ‘Smee’ instead of playing hide and seek, but finally everybody asks him to tell the entire story.+
There are fourteen of them and they all are in the mood for fun and games except Jackson.
Then, Friend asks Jackson why he doesn’t want to play hide and seek.
He answers that he’s all right and adds that he still hasn’t been playing hide and seek for five years.
So everybody asks him to tell why, but he hesitates for a moment…+
Then he starts to tell about one girl who played hide and seek in a dark house.+
When she was chased she opened a door, jumped and landed at the bottom of the stairs.++
She has broke her neck, of course.
After that, Mrs. Fernley says that the story is terrible and asks Jackson, if he was there at that moment.
He answers ‘No’ and adds that one worse story has happened to him.
So then he starts to tell about one game which is called ‘Smee’.
Here are the rules of the game:
Every player receives a blank sheet of paper except one player.
On the last IT IS sheet is written ‘Smee’ and nobody knows who Smee is.+
Smee goes quietly out of the room and hides and all the other players go off the room to find Smee after a time.
When you meet another one you challenge him by saying ‘Smee’.+
If the other player answers ‘Smee’, you continue searching together and if not, you stay quietly beside him until all the players are in the same place.
The last one to find Smee has to pay a forfeit.
And also Jackson begins to tell a strange story about a dead girl, and this game in a dark house and all his friends stare at him.+
So Jackson proposes all the teenagers to play ‘Smee’ instead of playing hide and seek, but finally everybody asks him to tell the entire story.+
Jackson starts to tell his five-year story to his friends about playing “Smee”.+
In this story Jackson is invited by his cousins Sangstons to spend Christmas with them.
First he arrives the last to Sangstones’ house because of his work and meets his relatives, friends and a lot of new friends.
There are twelve of them: Jack and Violet Sangston are the oldest and their seventeen-yaer-old son Reggie is the youngest.
At the time of the dinner Jackson wonders one handsome dark-haired girl's name, who looks cold and clever.+
But Jackson sits near an amusing Mrs. Gorman and really far from the dark, proud girl, so he doesn’t ask her name…+
After the dinner Raggie suggests playing “Smee” and tells the rules.+
Then his parents tell the story about a dead girl, who has fallen down the stairs behind the door and has broken her neck.
They say to everybody to be careful in the dark and the game starts.
Everybody receives a piece of paper, after a minute somebody blows a whistle and all the players rush to the door.+
Jackson is not Smee and he has no ideas who is Smee, so during five or ten minutes the guests rush up and down passages and in and out of rooms, challenging each other and answering “Smee? – Smee!”
After a while the noise dies down, it means that Smee is found!
Then Jackson finds a group of people sitting on some narrow stairs and challenges them.+
He receives no answer, so Smee is there and Jackson hurriedly joins the group.
Then two more people arrive and Jack Sangstone is the last, so he pays a forfeit.
All the children are in one room and Jack lights a match and begins to count the guests.
There are thirteen of them! Jack counts one more time and there are still thirteen of them!!
Then one boy takes out his electric torch and they all count again… now there are twelve of them.
But Violet Sangston tells nervously that before somebody has been sitting two steps above her and in this moment Jackson feels somebody else is between Mrs. Sangston and him…+
He notices something odd and unpleasant in the air but then it just disappears and everybody goes to the sitting-room to begin the game again
In this story Jackson is invited by his cousins Sangstons to spend Christmas with them.
First he arrives the last to Sangstones’ house because of his work and meets his relatives, friends and a lot of new friends.
There are twelve of them: Jack and Violet Sangston are the oldest and their seventeen-yaer-old son Reggie is the youngest.
At the time of the dinner Jackson wonders one handsome dark-haired girl's name, who looks cold and clever.+
But Jackson sits near an amusing Mrs. Gorman and really far from the dark, proud girl, so he doesn’t ask her name…+
After the dinner Raggie suggests playing “Smee” and tells the rules.+
Then his parents tell the story about a dead girl, who has fallen down the stairs behind the door and has broken her neck.
They say to everybody to be careful in the dark and the game starts.
Everybody receives a piece of paper, after a minute somebody blows a whistle and all the players rush to the door.+
Jackson is not Smee and he has no ideas who is Smee, so during five or ten minutes the guests rush up and down passages and in and out of rooms, challenging each other and answering “Smee? – Smee!”
After a while the noise dies down, it means that Smee is found!
Then Jackson finds a group of people sitting on some narrow stairs and challenges them.+
He receives no answer, so Smee is there and Jackson hurriedly joins the group.
Then two more people arrive and Jack Sangstone is the last, so he pays a forfeit.
All the children are in one room and Jack lights a match and begins to count the guests.
There are thirteen of them! Jack counts one more time and there are still thirteen of them!!
Then one boy takes out his electric torch and they all count again… now there are twelve of them.
But Violet Sangston tells nervously that before somebody has been sitting two steps above her and in this moment Jackson feels somebody else is between Mrs. Sangston and him…+
He notices something odd and unpleasant in the air but then it just disappears and everybody goes to the sitting-room to begin the game again
In this part of the story Jackson is Smee and firstly he searches for a hiding-place.
After a few minutes Violet Sangstone finds Jackson and the game ends.
Then Violet feels cold so she asks her husband to fetch her jacket.
Her husband goes upstairs and suddenly Reggie touches Jackson on the arm.
Raggie looks pale and sick and he wants to tell something to Jackson.
He tells him that about his hiding in a clothes cupboard, which is in his bedroom.+
In this story he opens it and touches somebody’s hand, so he things that it is Smee.+
He whispers ‘Smee?’ and receives no answer, but he is frightened so he turns on his electric torch.+
Nobody is there…
So Reggie asks what Jackson things about this story.+
But Jackson just says that it is an imagination.+
After a few minutes Violet Sangstone finds Jackson and the game ends.
Then Violet feels cold so she asks her husband to fetch her jacket.
Her husband goes upstairs and suddenly Reggie touches Jackson on the arm.
Raggie looks pale and sick and he wants to tell something to Jackson.
He tells him that about his hiding in a clothes cupboard, which is in his bedroom.+
In this story he opens it and touches somebody’s hand, so he things that it is Smee.+
He whispers ‘Smee?’ and receives no answer, but he is frightened so he turns on his electric torch.+
Nobody is there…
So Reggie asks what Jackson things about this story.+
But Jackson just says that it is an imagination.+
| First Jackson recalls all the strange events of the house. He understands that nobody really enjoys the game any more, but everyone is too polite to mention it. Then the game starts again and this time Jackson isn’t Smee. Everything is the same; all the people just challenge ‘Smee? – Smee!’ and there is a lot of noise. Jackson chases the unknown Smee, as the other people, so he searches for Smee on the first floor at the west side of the house. He walks along a passage alone and suddenly bumps into a pair of human knees. After that Jackson puts his hand out and touches a soft, heavy curtain and he understands where he is. Somebody seats in a corner of one of the window-seats and Jackson whispers ‘Smee?’ and receives no answer. He seats beside this person and touches his or her arm, then he understands that it’s a girl’s hand. Finally he asks her name and a bit later the whisper comes out of the darkness beside Jackson: ‘Brenda Ford’.+ 10
First, Jackson guesses at once who she (Brenda Ford) is, because he knows all the girls in the house except one.
Brenda is the tall, pale, dark girl, who is interesting for Jackson, so he starts to speak to her. He asks her if she enjoys the game, but receives no answer. She just sits beside Jackson on the window-seat, shut in between a heavy curtain and a window. ‘Smee’ is a game of silence, therefore, she insists on silence.
Then Jackson speaks again and again receives no answer, so he begins to feel uncomfortable and dislikes sitting beside this girl very much indeed.
The feeling of something wrong and something unnatural grows and Jackson trembles with horror and pray that someone else would come. After a while Jackson hears light footsteps in the passage and someone on the other side of the curtain brushes against his knees. ‘Smee?’ – whispers a voice of Mrs. Gorman and of course she receives no answer, because Brenda is Smee. Then Mrs. Gorman seats beside Jackson and they begin to talk quietly. Mrs. Gorman wants to know who Smee is and Jackson says that Smee sits on his other side. So she reaches out across Jackson and he hears her finger-nails scratch a woman’s silk dress. Mrs. Gorman says ‘Hullo’ to Brenda but receives no answer. Then she starts to tell that she wants to play another game and just to sit together beside a warm fire and Jackson agrees. And then she tells that she can’t get rid of the idea that they’ve got an extra player… somebody who ought not to be in the house at all. After a time they hear the sound of feet and young Reggie’s voice shouting and Reggie asks if anybody there, so Jackson answers ‘Yes’. Reggie tells that all waits for theme because Smee is found, but Jackson and Mrs. Gorman say that Smee is there, beside Jackson! All of them watch there and see nobody… and they don’t understand the situation because anyone can leave this window-seat without any noise. Then Jackson stands up at once, and then he sits down, and feels very sick, and the world seems to be going round and round. Finally Reggie just laughs shaky and suggests going to the living room. 12
First, Tommy Jackson and Mrs. Gorman come down to the sitting room and everybody is there.+
Reggie tells other people about their hiding-place.+ Then Jackson goes up to the tall, dark girl and accuses her of pretending to be Smee. The girl just looks at him in amazement and shakes her head. Then they all play cards in the sitting-room and Jackson feels glad. He wins a few times at a stretch and likes this game more than 'Smee' A bit later, Tommy notices that Jack Sangstone wants to talk to him. Tommy understands it because he sees that Jack would rather cross with him, and soon Jack tells him the reason. Jack tells that he supposes Tommy is in love with Mrs. Gorman. Jack says that it is Jackson's business and asks him not to make love to Mrs. Gorman in Sangstones' house, during a game, because Jackson keeps everyone waiting. Tommy feels ashamed, but he knows that Jack Sangstone's worlds are false, so he begins to protest. Also, Tommy tells about somebody else there - somebody pretending to be 'Smee'. He believes it is the tall, dark girl, Miss Ford, but she refuses to admit it afterwards. Jack asks him 'Miss who?' and Jackson shows the girl(Brenda Ford) in the corner of the room to Jack Sangstone. After that Jackson begins to breathe deep inside and puts his hand on Tommy's shoulder. Jack says that he doesn't mind a joke, but enough is enough! Also, he says that he doesn't want to worry the ladies and tells Jackson that the girl in the corner of the room isn't Brenda. And finally he tells a ten-year story about Sangstone's house. In this story Brenda Ford plays hide and seek and she opens one door of the house and jumps inside the room. But there are only dark stairs by the door, so she falls down and breaks her neck... and she dies. |
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