Anytime Tales
“She sat up in bed. Goodness gracious! What was all that noise?
She reached over to her brother’s bed and woke him, too. “Benjy! Wake up! There’s such a noise!”
Benjy sat up in alarm. Bells were ringing, someone was blowing a trumpet, and there was the noise of gongs being banged loudly.
“Oh, Jennifer—how silly of us! It’s the people welcoming in the New Year,” said Benjy at last. “You know Mummy told us—everyone was going to ring bells and bang gongs at midnight.”
“So she did—an...d I’d quite forgotten,” said Jennifer. “Goodness, I was awfully frightened.”
She got out of bed and leaned out of the window with her eiderdown round her. “There are lights everywhere—people with lamps and lanterns. And there’s Mr. Brown banging his gong—and I do believe that’s Mr. Trent blowing a trumpet—how queer in the middle of the night.”
Then she jumped in fright, because a low voice spoke almost in her ear.MoreLess
She reached over to her brother’s bed and woke him, too. “Benjy! Wake up! There’s such a noise!”
Benjy sat up in alarm. Bells were ringing, someone was blowing a trumpet, and there was the noise of gongs being banged loudly.
“Oh, Jennifer—how silly of us! It’s the people welcoming in the New Year,” said Benjy at last. “You know Mummy told us—everyone was going to ring bells and bang gongs at midnight.”
“So she did—an...d I’d quite forgotten,” said Jennifer. “Goodness, I was awfully frightened.”
She got out of bed and leaned out of the window with her eiderdown round her. “There are lights everywhere—people with lamps and lanterns. And there’s Mr. Brown banging his gong—and I do believe that’s Mr. Trent blowing a trumpet—how queer in the middle of the night.”
Then she jumped in fright, because a low voice spoke almost in her ear.MoreLess
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