[flying Dutchman 01] - Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
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[flying Dutchman 01] - Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
“Old Mrs. Winn watched the overripe pulp slide down the glass, then heard the chanting begin. It came from behind the thick fringe of purple-and-white rhododendron bushes growing at the bottom of her sloping lawn.
“Winn Winn, Winnie the Witch! Winnie the Witch and her big black cat! Winn Winn, Winnie the Witch!”
This was followed by barely stifled giggling and the hollow boom of a wet earth clod striking the old lady’s front door.
She spoke to the cat, who was her only companion. “Those children... are back again, Horatio. Why do they persecute us? We’ve never harmed them, have we?”
Horatio jumped lightly into her lap, staring at his mistress with magnificent amber eyes, meowing faintly as he stroked his head against her open palm. Mrs. Winn sighed.
“If Captain Winn were still alive, they wouldn’t be so quick to bother us then, eh, Horatio?”
She stared sadly at the oval framed portrait hanging above the fireplace mantelpiece. Captain Rodney Winn, R.N., stood frozen in time there, dapper as a new pin in his number-one dress uniform, complete with medals, braid, and bars.MoreLess
“Winn Winn, Winnie the Witch! Winnie the Witch and her big black cat! Winn Winn, Winnie the Witch!”
This was followed by barely stifled giggling and the hollow boom of a wet earth clod striking the old lady’s front door.
She spoke to the cat, who was her only companion. “Those children... are back again, Horatio. Why do they persecute us? We’ve never harmed them, have we?”
Horatio jumped lightly into her lap, staring at his mistress with magnificent amber eyes, meowing faintly as he stroked his head against her open palm. Mrs. Winn sighed.
“If Captain Winn were still alive, they wouldn’t be so quick to bother us then, eh, Horatio?”
She stared sadly at the oval framed portrait hanging above the fireplace mantelpiece. Captain Rodney Winn, R.N., stood frozen in time there, dapper as a new pin in his number-one dress uniform, complete with medals, braid, and bars.MoreLess
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