A Mystery to Solve

One fine summer morning, Jack, Albert and Connor were playing football in close proximity to the woods. They lived in the town of Piddlehinton, where nothing ever happened, until now…

During the game, Albert gathers all his strength and kicks the ball so that it sails over the well-kept grass and into the backyard of an abandoned house. “Guys, I think we’ve

got a mystery to solve!” exclaimed Jack.

Jack and his friends strolled up to the seemingly abandoned house. They couldn’t see inside due to the dust and cobwebs on the windows. They decided to see if the door was locked. They tried the knob and it turned. The door creaked open as if it had not opened in years.

What they saw was unlike anything they had ever seen before: A floorless house. The furniture was all on the ceiling. The house was stiller than sound, motionless, like a cheetah about to pounce.

A riddle drops from the ceiling, revealing to them that a floor does exist, it’s just pained black. Jack bravely stepped forward and jabbed the riddle to the group. He then read it out loud: ‘For those who want to, do what you have to do, so discard what you lack, and proceed to the back.’

Jack pondered over this, and suddenly went to the back of the room and pressed a button hidden in the darkness.

The furniture rights itself and Connor mumbles “Why don’t we investigate?” So they do. After some time, Albert unknowingly presses a button and they watch as the room fades away into the mist.

By- Abir 3C.