Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks by Deary Terry

Author:Deary, Terry [Deary, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Published: 2011-11-30T16:00:00+00:00

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Dear Lucias,

I have just heard this strange story which I think might interest you.

In Athens there used to be a large and beautiful house which was supposed to be badly haunted. Locals told how horrid noises were heard at the dead of night: the clanking of chains which grew louder and louder. Until there suddenly appeared the hideous phantom of an old man who was a picture of filth and misery. His beard was long and matted, his white hair wild and uncombed. His thin legs were loaded with a weight of chains that he dragged wearily along with a painful moaning; his wrists were fastened by long cruel links, while all the time he raised his arms and shook his shackles in a kind of helpless fury.

Some brave people were once bold enough to watch all night in the house. They were almost scared out of their senses at the sight of the spook. Even worse, disease and even death followed those who had braved a night in that house. The place was shunned. A ‘For Sale’ sign was put up but no one bought it and the house fell almost to ruin and decay.

But Athenodorus was poor. He rented it even though he knew the story of the ghost. On his first night there he sat working. He heard the rattling chain and saw the gruesome old man. The ghost beckoned him with a finger. Athenodorus said he was too busy. The ghost grew angry and rattled his chains still more. The young man stood up and followed the spook.

When they reached the garden the spirit pointed to a spot in the garden – then vanished. Athenodorus marked the spot, went to bed and had a peaceful night’s sleep.

Next day he went to the law officers and told them what he had seen. They dug at the spot the young man had marked and found a skeleton … bound in chains.

When the body had been given a proper burial, peace returned to the house at night.

Pling

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