Histoire de fantôme (2ème partie) par: J. Escott
Histoire de fantôme
Nous avons vu dans la première partie que lorsque Claire était en train de chercher les jeux de lumière, elle a trouvé un livre dans la petite chambre. Après la lecture de quelques pages elle a compris toute l'histoire, en fait, elle avait raison 'il y avait un grand secret qui se cache derrière ce Vieux Château!' Ensemble, nous allons découvrir ce qui va arriver.
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The Ghost of
Genny Castle
J. Escott
(2ème partie)
It was Christmas time! Villagers were preparing for the big feast. That evening Claire and her aunt drove up to the church to attend the ceremonies. Along the way, Claire was totally absent-minded; she thought about the witch, the stone and the castle. When the party was over, she and her aunt drove back home. On their way back home, aunt Min was driving slowly, everything was covered with white snow, and driving was so difficult. Claire was looking at the snow through the car window, then she looked ahead and saw the castle; it was only a few miles away. Unexpectedly, the car went faster and faster and hit a big tree. When the car stopped they got quickly out of it. The car broke down and aunt Min's house was still a few miles away. She was old and could not walk for a long distance, so they began to walk across Mr. Burge's field.
Mr. Burge's cottage was only a mile away. At that time he was reading a book about the castle; in fact he knew all the stories about it. His cat “Alexa” was nearby, then it went directly to the kitchen and jumped through the window out into the snow. A few moments later Mr. Burge called his cat but it was not there . He knew that his cat was a strange one because it went to his castle every night, so he prepared himself and went out to follow “Alexa”.
Claire and her aunt finally arrived at Mr.Burge's cottage. They knocked on the door, but no voice answered, so they moved towards the back door, and entered the room. Aunt Min took a seat in front of the fire and Claire went to the kitchen and made her a cup of tea. Later, she went out to look for Mr.Burge, and she followed his footprints.
On top of the “Black Tower” there was an orange cat, it was “Alexa”. When Claire reached the castle she saw an orange light there. She was scared to death, so she called for Mr. Burge, but he was screaming inside that orange light. Then he heard someone call his name. Mr. Burge answered, but he did not recognize Claire’s little voice. Then he remembered that “Claire” was the name of the man's daughter that had died a long time ago in this castle because the witch refused to help her; he thought that she was that dead girl! At that moment, a third voice rose up; it was a woman's voice “Claire!” she said, “Claire's not dead!” Suddenly the light disappeared and there was no sound for a while, then the wall began to fall down. Mr. Burge and Claire ran out into the snow. As soon as they stepped out, most of the “Black Tower” fell down. Later, the cat was found dead.
The old man and the little girl returned to the cottage, and when they arrived aunt Min woke up. While Mr. Burge was driving back to aunt Min's house, Claire looked at her watch; it was after midnight! “Merry Christmas” she said! The next morning while Mr. Burge was visiting his old castle he discovered that the dead cat had disappeared. After that, no one saw the Ghost of Genny Castle again.
THE END
The feast: La fêteThe church: L'égliseA car window:Une fenêtre de voiture1 mile = 1,609 kmBreak down:tomber en panneThe fields: les champsKnocking on the door: frapper à la porteThe footprints:les traces de piedsAn orange light: Une lumière orangéeAn orange cat: Un chat orange
Claire and her aunt Min drove up to the church in order to meet the priestattend the ceremonies. Aunt Min was driving slowly, then the car went faster and hit an old buildinghit a big treehit a cat. Claire and aunt Min began to walk across Mr. Burge’s field, because aunt Min was oldwoundedscared and could not walk for a long distance. The cat “Alexa”, jumped through the window out into the snow and walked to the old castlethe cottagethe church. Mr. Burge followedkilledburnt his cat because he knew that it had gone up to the castle. Claire went out into the snow to look for Mr. Burge and she followed the soundshis footprintsthe orange light. When the girl reached that old castle she saw a womana dead catan orange light. Mr. Burge remembered that the name of the man’s daughter that had died a long time ago was 'Claire''Genny''Alexa'. Claire and the old man ran out because the cottagethe wallthe back door began to fall down. In the end, when the cat died, no one from the village saw the ghostaunt MiniMr. Burge again.
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