story of blind man a deaf man and aghost
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Tom looked eagerly out the window. He motioned for Lucy to come over. “Luce, look! We have another one!” The two looked on as the moving truck opened its doors and the boxes were removed. Tom and Lucy have been friends for a long time—a VERY long time—since Tom made the chandelier fall, accidentally striking a once-living Lucy, back in 1847. Tom has always been the phantom of Raleigh Hill, getting his jollies from scaring new residents until they move out. Lucy was the only fatality, and Tom has felt guilty ever since. To make up for his irresponsible action, Tom made sure that he and Lucy became best friends in the afterlife, stuck together in the same house for all eternity.
In the past 150 years or so, Lucy has taken to Tom’s mischievous ways. She was painfully shy, keeping away from Tom while he unleashed his hijinks. That began to change in 1898, when Tom spooked a horse pulling the carriage of a new tenant, causing it to bolt, which toppled the vehicle. The fancily-dressed lady spilled over into the mixture of mud and manure, and Lucy giggled a bit. Since then, Tom and Lucy have been inseparable building off one another for more elaborate pranks on the living.
As the new resident began to walk into the house, Tom said “let’s start simple. Footsteps and doors to start? We want to have a lot of fun with this one.” Lucy agreed giddily. She perched at the top of the staircase as the door closed, while Tom began to make his noises. But there was no reaction. This new man did not seem to take any notice at all. Tom rejoined Lucy but he was cut off. “He didn’t even turn, Tom.” They quickly snuck into the kitchen. “Let’s knock over some furniture! That will surely get him!” Yet, when this strange man walked into the dining room, he said “Must have been a draft or this moving.”
Tom heard something in his speech. He did not speak quite right; with the sound of a slight speech impediment which can be generated when one never hears one’s own voice. Tom’s face went opaque and Lucy looked over, curious about Tom’s realization. “He…he’s…” Lucy had never seen Tom at a loss of words.
Tom looked at Lucy with eyes of defeat. “He can’t hear us. He can’t hear anything we do.” And Tom let out an eerie moan of anguish, which was never heard.
In the past 150 years or so, Lucy has taken to Tom’s mischievous ways. She was painfully shy, keeping away from Tom while he unleashed his hijinks. That began to change in 1898, when Tom spooked a horse pulling the carriage of a new tenant, causing it to bolt, which toppled the vehicle. The fancily-dressed lady spilled over into the mixture of mud and manure, and Lucy giggled a bit. Since then, Tom and Lucy have been inseparable building off one another for more elaborate pranks on the living.
As the new resident began to walk into the house, Tom said “let’s start simple. Footsteps and doors to start? We want to have a lot of fun with this one.” Lucy agreed giddily. She perched at the top of the staircase as the door closed, while Tom began to make his noises. But there was no reaction. This new man did not seem to take any notice at all. Tom rejoined Lucy but he was cut off. “He didn’t even turn, Tom.” They quickly snuck into the kitchen. “Let’s knock over some furniture! That will surely get him!” Yet, when this strange man walked into the dining room, he said “Must have been a draft or this moving.”
Tom heard something in his speech. He did not speak quite right; with the sound of a slight speech impediment which can be generated when one never hears one’s own voice. Tom’s face went opaque and Lucy looked over, curious about Tom’s realization. “He…he’s…” Lucy had never seen Tom at a loss of words.
Tom looked at Lucy with eyes of defeat. “He can’t hear us. He can’t hear anything we do.” And Tom let out an eerie moan of anguish, which was never heard.
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