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All the furniture ___1___ still intact in the living
room. The chairs, the table and the sofa were
covered with big white sheets. In the far corner,
covered with a thick
___2___ of dust, stood an old-fashioned grandfather's
clock. According
___3___ a neighborhood legend, it had stopped
___4___
exactly
at the same time ___5___ the owner had died. "Just
___6___ the ghost stories I often hear," Lily
thought, and
giggled nervously. It didn't seem ___7___ funny, though,
as when she
was ___8___ her group of friends out in the warm
sunshine. Here,
___9___ the cold wind seemed to blow right
___10___ one's
bones, it was a different story.
___11___ she froze. There was no outlet for the wind to
___12___ the house! Furthermore, there was no
___13___, so
the
fans could not have been working. Fear filled her
heart. It seemed to ___14___
faster, ___15___ just like the ticking of a clock ... a
big grandfather clock. Lily
___16___ very slowly to look at the clock in the corner.
It was ___17___ very loudly!
Lily screamed and ran out of the ___18___. A ghostly
laugh, mixed
___19___ the cry of the wind,
___20___ her hasty escape. |
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All the furniture were still intact in the living
room. The chairs, the table and the sofa were
covered with big white sheets. In the far corner,
covered with a thick
film of dust, stood an old-fashioned grandfather's
clock. According
to a neighborhood legend, it had stopped
ticking
exactly
at the same time that the owner had died. "Just
like the ghost stories I often hear," Lily
thought, and
giggled nervously. It didn't seem
as funny, though,
as when she
was with her group of friends out in the warm
sunshine. Here, where the cold wind seemed to blow right
through one's
bones, it was a different story.
Suddenly she froze. There was no outlet for the wind to
enter the house! Furthermore, there was no
electricity, so
the
fans could not have been working. Fear filled her
heart. It seemed to beat
faster, sounding just like the ticking of a clock ... a
big grandfather clock. Lily
turned very slowly to look at the clock in the corner.
It was ticking very loudly!
Lily screamed and ran out of the
room. A ghostly
laugh, mixed
with the cry of the wind,
followed her hasty escape. |
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