Author: Tom
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Ghost Hunters and Isaac Cole
Isaac Cole is a funny old soul He’d head for the top of the stairs He’d sit and wait and meditate Until there was somebody there When folk approached He’d moan and groan, and make the room go cold After all, he is a ghost and has a legend to uphold With a tap of…
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People Watching
I had a random Sainsbury’s (other supermarkets are available) experience today. I was merrily pushing my trolley whilst watching where I was going with one eye, and reading my shopping list with the other. Remarkably, I hadn’t chosen the trolley with the wonky wheel (I always manage to get that one), which enabled me to…
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Chance to Dance
Tonight, as I walked through the grand front entrance to Aquatom Mansion, I was met by a calling card on the welcome mat. Well, I would have been, if I had a welcome mat, but details aside, a small, rectangular card was inside my door. I creaked as I bent down to pick it up.…
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Silas and Cornelius
Silas is a proud cat, blacker than night itself When he prowls the gardens, other animals wait He meanders to the ivy and peers to see who’s in Looking for his new found friend, Cornelius the Elf. Cornelius is a timekeeper, never early, never late And he expects of others what they expect of him.…
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Lady Emeralda Smart
Visitors to the mansion ‘know’ people they’ve never met… Dogs and cats stay outside as soon as the sun has set… Some say the chains that rattle belong to Lady Smart… Others state the shrieks and cries belong to her ‘in part’… Guests who stay in the lodge see a figure dressed in green… Passers…
