The Teacher's Tales of Terror by Chris Priestley

Author:Chris Priestley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Mr Munro peered over the top of his book.

‘Please, sir,’ said a moon-faced boy near the back of the class, holding up his hand excitedly.

‘Yes?’ said Mr Munro.

‘I’m called Simon,’ he said.

‘How very interesting,’ said Mr Munro uninterestedly.

He noticed some activity outside and walked to the window. Children were gathered together with their teacher for a group photograph. They had their backs to him and the photographer took the photograph just as Mr Munro looked out. He smiled at the thought of his face showing up at the window at the back of the picture.

He turned back to the class to find another boy with his hand up.

‘Are you called Satan, perhaps?’ said Mr Munro.

‘No, sir,’ said the boy. ‘Richard, sir. My name’s Richard.’

‘And what can I do for you, Richard?’

‘Can we have another story, sir?’

‘May we have another story,’ corrected Mr Munro. ‘But I really don’t think we will have the time.’

A wave of moans and sighs rolled towards the front of the class and Mr Munro pursed his lips, allowing himself a smile. He looked at his pocket watch and nodded.

‘Perhaps just one more,’ said Mr Munro.

The class cheered. Mr Munro raised his hands.

‘That is quite enough of that, thank you,’ he said.

The cheering promptly came to a halt. Mr Munro flicked back and forth through his book for a while until he finally placed his long finger on a page and nodded to himself.

‘Yes,’ he said. ‘This one should do.’

‘What is this story about, sir?’ asked a girl at the front.

‘What long hair you have,’ said Mr Munro, ignoring her question.

The girl did indeed have a mane of long black hair that fell almost to her waist.

‘Does your mother brush it for you?’ he asked.

‘Yes, sir,’ she said. ‘Every night. Otherwise it gets all tangled.’

Mr Munro smiled and nodded.

‘I have a story about just such a mother and just such a lovely head of hair,’ said Mr Munro. ‘Would you like to hear it?’

The girl was very enthusiastic in her nodding. The boys nearby were less so.

‘Excellent,’ said Mr Munro.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.