The Crooked Sixpence
“She wasn’t quick enough to stop the door rattling to behind her. She squeezed her eyes shut, tensing as the sound reverberated around the room. After a moment’s silence she slowly opened them again.
The shop was empty. Or at least – she corrected herself – empty of people. The small room was filled with row upon row of bells – gleaming brass bells, acorn-shaped wooden ones and stone bells with strange carvings on the side. Ivy had never seen so many different designs. She guessed that she was l...ooking at a lifetime’s worth of collecting.
She made a hurried search for the silver coin. At the very back of the room, beyond the bells, was a large counter and, behind that, a door. Ivy spotted something glinting on the floor beneath the hinged flap in the counter top. The coin. Maybe if she was really quiet, she could just nip over, pick it up and leave without anyone knowing she’d been there.
She tiptoed slowly into the room, gawping at the array of bells. Each one had its own wooden plaque mounted below it.MoreLess
The shop was empty. Or at least – she corrected herself – empty of people. The small room was filled with row upon row of bells – gleaming brass bells, acorn-shaped wooden ones and stone bells with strange carvings on the side. Ivy had never seen so many different designs. She guessed that she was l...ooking at a lifetime’s worth of collecting.
She made a hurried search for the silver coin. At the very back of the room, beyond the bells, was a large counter and, behind that, a door. Ivy spotted something glinting on the floor beneath the hinged flap in the counter top. The coin. Maybe if she was really quiet, she could just nip over, pick it up and leave without anyone knowing she’d been there.
She tiptoed slowly into the room, gawping at the array of bells. Each one had its own wooden plaque mounted below it.MoreLess
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