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NARRATOR: The story is about a couple from New York who are returning home from a trip to New England. They are driving in a , and are somewhere near Spiegletown when it starts getting dark and they have to seek for the night.
SCENE 1 (sound of night, wind in the trees, a horse carriage and horses)
WIFE: George, I’m so tired that I can’t stay up longer. I want to lie down immediately.
HUSBAND: Can you see that light through the trees? It must be a house. Let’s ride our horse there.
WIFE: Yes. Let’s do that. The night is as as hell! I’m scared!
NARRATOR: Soon, they reach a little house, and standing at the door, there is an old man and his wife smiling pleasantly.
SCENE 2 (sound of a door creaking, a dog barking)
WIFE: Look at those people at the door. They are dressed in . Do you think they can give us a room for the night?
HUSBAND: Let’s ask. Good evening! Sorry for you so late. It seems that you are about to turn in. Do you think we could spend the night here? We are travelling as far as New York but it’s already dark.
OLD MAN: We are about to , but please, welcome! You look so exhausted. Our house is not as as a hotel but it’s cosy.
SCENE 3 (sound of kitchenware, cups, plates)
OLD WOMAN: Please, have a cup of hot tea and some cakes. They are baked.
WIFE: Thank you! Really, I haven’t tasted cakes as as these before!
HUSBAND: Please, allow me to pay you for the room and the food you are giving us.
OLD MAN: Oh, no! We could never accept money for a service as small as this! We consider you as our .
NARRATOR: The next morning, the travellers wake up early and get ready to leave the house .
SCENE 4 (morning sounds, birds, the wind)
WIFE: (talking quietly) The bed is so comfortable that I can’t get out of it.
HUSBAND: Very few people are as as this couple. We can’t go without leaving them some money. (Sound of coins) Here, a fifty-cent ! I’ll put it in the centre of the kitchen table. They can’t it.
NARRATOR: They get into their carriage and they go a few miles. They stop for a at a little restaurant in Spiegletown. The husband talks about the nice old couple to the of the restaurant.
SCENE 5 (restaurant sounds)
OWNER: (scared) Where do you say that house is?
HUSBAND: On the hill, just outside Spiegletown.
OWNER: You must be mistaken. That house was on … It… it… killed the Brown family three years ago!
HUSBAND: I don’t believe it! Mr. and Mrs. Brown are as as you and me.
OWNER: Let’s drive back there quickly.
NARRATOR: There they find a shell of a house. It is obvious that nobody can live in that place.
SCENE 6 (spooky music)
HUSBAND: What’s that? That place can’t be the same! I must have missed the track.
WIFE: (screams) Look! Look on the kitchen table!
NARRATOR: The husband looks into the and there he sees a burnt table with a fifty-cent piece lying in the centre.
