Dedicated to the Kilmer family This is a story that happened a long time ago, when your grandfather was a small child.This is an important story to know because it tells us exactly how everything that happened between the kingdom of Narnia and our world began.At that time, Sherlock Holmes was still living on Baker Street, and the Bastabul family was still looking for treasure on Louisham Road.Back then, if you were a little boy, you had to wear a stiff Eaton collar every day, and the school was worse than it is now, but the food was much better than it is now.As for the candy, I won't tell you how cheap and delicious it is, and even if I did, it would only make your mouth water.It was at that time that London was inhabited by a girl named Polly Plummer.Her family's house sits in a long row of houses that are connected to each other.One morning, while she was in the back garden, she suddenly saw a boy climb the wall of the next garden and poke out a face.Polly was astonished, for she had never seen a child living in that house, where only Mr.
Catley, an old bachelor, and Miss Cantley, an old woman, were brother and sister.Therefore, she looked up curiously.She noticed that the strange boy's face was so dirty that even if he wiped his freshly wept face with his hand that had touched the land, it would not be so dirty.In fact, that's pretty much what he did."
Hello," Polly said."
Hello, what's your name," the boy said."
Polly.What about you," Polly said."
Digre."
The boy replied."
Hey, I mean, that's a ridiculous name," Polly said."
That's not as ridiculous as Polly.""
It's ridiculous."
Polly said."
It's just not ridiculous."
The boy said."
At least I'll wash my face, you should wash it now, especially if you're there," Polly said again.Because she was going to say "after you cry", but suddenly realized that it was not polite to talk like that to a boy."
yes, I just cried."
Digray shouted.It looked like an extremely sad boy who didn't care who knew he had just cried."
You'll cry like I do," he continued, "if you had been living in a beautiful countryside with a pony and a stream at the end of the garden, and you had been suddenly taken into such an abominable cave." ”"London is not a cave."
Polly said angrily.But the boy was so upset that he didn't notice Polly's reaction at all, and continued: "If your father is also far away in India, and you have to come and live with your aunt and crazy uncle, who wants to do that, because they have to take care of your sick mother, and she is dying. ”At this time, there was a distorted expression on his face that forced him not to cry."
I'm sorry, I didn't know that."
Polly said in a low voice.The rest of the time, as she really didn't know what to say, and in order to shift the conversation to something that would make Diggray feel better, she asked, "Is Mr.
Kateley really crazy?"
and "If he's either crazy, he's hiding some secret."
Aunt Letty told me that I should never go into his study on the roof.How suspicious it sounded, and he and Aunt Letty never talked, especially every time he tried to say something to me at the dinner table, Auntie always stopped him at once and said, "Don't bother the child, Andrew."
Or: I'm sure Digray doesn't want to hear that.Or: Diggray, don't you want to go outside in the garden for a while now?"
said Diggray."
What the hell is he trying to tell you?"
"I don't know, he doesn't say much.And, one night, actually, just last night, as I passed under the stairs in the attic and was about to go to my bedroom to sleep, I swear I really heard a scream. ”"Maybe he has a crazy wife in the house" "yes, I think so too. ”"Or, he's a counterfeiter.""
Or maybe he was once a pirate, like the guy who appeared at the beginning of Treasure Island, and had been hiding from his former crew.""
It's so exciting, I didn't know it was so interesting in that house you live in."
Polly said."
You may find it new and interesting, but if you live here every day, you probably won't be happy.How can you stand it, while you are sleeping in a daze, only to hear Uncle Andrew's footsteps creeping down the hallway from far and near, quietly towards your room, and he has such a nasty pair of eyes. ”Diggray said.In this way, Polly and Diggray got to know each other.They had just taken summer vacation, and for the next year, they met almost every day, and neither of them ever went to the beach again.However, their adventure also began.Because it was one of the coldest and wetter summers in London in years, it forced them to do a little more indoor activity, which you could also call an indoor adventure.And like that, how wonderful it felt to be to explore a large house or a row of houses with half a candle in her hand, and Polly had long since discovered that if she opened the door to the storage room in her attic, she would see a cistern and a space in the black hole behind it, through which she could carefully climb in.The black hole looked like a long tunnel, with brick walls on one side and a pitched roof on the other.Sunlight can shine through the gaps between the stone slabs of the roof.However, there is no floor in the tunnel, and if you want to get through, you have to step from one rafter to another, and there is nothing between the rafters except plaster, and if you accidentally step on it, you will fall into the house below.Polly also used the area next to the cistern as a "smuggler's cave" by laying cardboard boxes and cushions from worn kitchen chairs between the rafters to make a floor, and bringing up a money box containing her various treasures, including a novel she was working on, and often a few apples.Sometimes, she secretly drinks a mild bottle of ginger beer here.What's more, the scattered old bottles make it look more like a "smuggler's cave".Dugray was intrigued by the "cave", but Polly would never let him discover the novel, and he was eager to explore it."
Look, how long is this tunnel, I mean, does it just lead to the end of your house?"
asked Dugray."
No, the wall doesn't stop at the edge of the roof, the tunnel goes all the way out, and I don't know how long it is."
Polly replied."
That means we can walk down the tunnel through a whole row of houses.""
Yes, we can.Oh my God," Polly said."
What" "In that case, we can go into someone's house" "yes, and then we will be arrested as a thief, which is no joke. ”"Stop playing tricks on you, then again, I'm thinking about the house behind you.""
What's wrong with it" "It's an empty house, and I heard from my dad that it's been empty since we moved here. ”"We'll have to go inside."
Diggray said.At this point, his heart is much more agitated than when you see him speak.As you can imagine, he was also wondering why the house had been vacant for so long, and his mind was racing to imagine all sorts of reasons.At the same time, Polly is doing the same thing.However, neither of them mentioned the word "haunted", because they knew that it would be too cowardly to say it and not dare to go."
Let's go there now."
Digray proposed."
Okay."
Polly said."
If you don't want to go, forget it.""
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If you go, I'll go."
Polly said."
But how can we guarantee that we will walk right on top of the house next door" Later, they decided to go to the storage room first, step over one rafter at a time, and finally know how many rafters they would have to cross through a room.They reserved four rafters for the passage between the two attics of Polly's house, and as many rafters for the maid's bedroom as there were for the storeroom.All these rafters add up to the length of the empty house.When they had doubled that length, they would be at the end of the Digray family's house.After that, any door they come across will take them into the attic of that empty house."
I don't think it's really empty in that house."
Diggray said."
What do you think?"
"In my opinion, there are people who live there in secret, wait until the dead of night, and then sneak in with lanterns.Maybe there, too, we can find a gang of desperate criminals or bandits, and we can also get a bounty.Anyone who says that there are no secrets in a house that has been empty for so long is simply nonsense. ”"My dad said it must be all sewers."
Polly said."
Bah, grown-ups are always so boring," Dugray said.At this time, they were chatting in the attic during the day, not in the "smuggler's cave" where candles needed to be lit, so it was unlikely that the empty house would be haunted.When they had finished measuring the distance in the attic, they took out their pencils and calculated the total length.At first, the calculations were always different, until they finally got the same answer, but I dare not say that they were both right.Because they seem so impatient to start that adventure full of novelty and excitement."
Let's not make any noise."
As they crawled over the cistern and deeper into the tunnel, Polly said.At this time, they each held a candle in their hands, and Polly had stored a lot in her "smuggler's cave".This dark and airy tunnel is filled with a thick layer of dust.The two men walked silently on the rafters without saying a word, sometimes whispering, "We are now across from your attic." ”Or: "We're definitely in the middle of my house." ”Thankfully, neither of them fell along the way, and neither of them went out, nor did the candle in their hands go out.Eventually, they found a small door in the brick wall on the right, and when they stopped to look, they found that there was neither a latch nor a handle on this side of the door, and it was evident that the door was made for entry rather than exit.However, they noticed that there was a hook on the door, like the one usually seen on the wardrobe door, so they thought that the door must be open."
Shall I open the door?"
asked Diggray."
If you go, I'll go."
Polly said her classic quote again.They all knew it was an important moment, however, neither of them took a step back.It took a great deal of effort for Diggray to break the hook open, and the moment the door opened, the sudden light pierced their eyes.Next, they were shocked by the fact that instead of an old attic, they were presented with a well-furnished room.But it also seems to feel empty and deadly silent.Polly couldn't contain her curiosity, blew out the candle in her hand, and slipped silently into the strange room like a nimble little mouse.The outline of this room is very much like an attic, but the interior is as well furnished as a living room.The walls of the room were lined with bookshelves, and the shelves were also full of books.There was a fire burning in the fireplace.You remember it was a cold, damp summer day in front of the fireplace, with a high-backed armchair facing away from them, and between it and Polly, a very large desk sat horizontally, taking up a lot of space.On the table were miscellaneous books, notebooks, pens, ink, wax, and a microscope.Her gaze, however, was drawn to a gleaming red wooden tray with several rings placed in pairs: a yellow one and a green one next to each other, and a few moments apart a pair of yellow and green ones.They were as big as ordinary rings, but they were so sparkling that no one could ignore their presence.They shine with the most beautiful light you can imagine.If Polly had been a little smaller, she might have picked one up and put it in her mouth.The room was so quiet that the ticking of the clock could be heard before long.However, Polly found that it was not absolutely quiet, and that she could hear a faint humming sound that if a vacuum cleaner had been invented, she would have thought it was the sound of a vacuum cleaner vaching outside and downstairs of the house, when in fact the sound she heard was softer and more rhythmic than the sound of a vacuum cleaner, but it was so faint that it was almost imperceptible."
Great, there's no one here."
Polly turned to Diggray as she raised her voice, slightly louder than she had whispered.At this moment, Diggray walked over with blinking eyes, and he and Polly both looked dirty.He said, "What's good about it, it's just an empty house, and in my opinion, let's get out of here before the master returns." ”"Guess what the hell is over there," Polly asked, pointing to the colorful rings."
Come here, hurry up," a sudden surprise interrupted what Digray was about to say.The high-backed armchair in front of the fireplace suddenly turned, and then Uncle Andrew's terrifying appearance came into their eyes, and it felt like a pantomime clown suddenly appeared in the movable door on the stage.In fact, they did not enter the empty house, but the off-limits study of Dugray's house.At this point, both children realized the gravity of their mistake and could not help but open their mouths in surprise and could not spit out a complete sentence with "oh oh".They all felt that they should have realized earlier that they were not walking long enough.Uncle Andrew was tall and thin, with a pointed nose and bright eyes on his clean-shaven face, and a messy head of gray hair.At this time, Diggray did not dare to say a word, because he felt that Uncle Andrew looked a thousand times more terrible now than before.At first, Polly was not very afraid, but then she panicked, for she saw Uncle Andrew coming straight to the door, and he quickly closed and locked it, and then turned around, his sparkling eyes fixed on them, and a mouth full of teeth grinning at them."
It's good that my stupid sister can't find you."
He said.It's terrible, it's like what an adult should do, Polly's heart is in her throat.She and Diggray moved towards the small door they had come to, but Uncle Andrew was one step ahead of them, rushing to the small door behind them and immediately closing it tightly.Then he stood in front of the door, rubbing his hands together vigorously and pressing his knuckles so hard that they clicked, and his fingers were very slender and looked beautiful."
It's such a pleasure to meet you, and I'm wondering where to find two children," he said."
Mr.
Kateley, it's supper time, it's time for me to go home, can you let me out," said Polly."
That's not going to work, I can't let this rare opportunity slip away.I need two children urgently.Lo and behold, I'm only halfway through this great experiment.I've used a baby guinea pig before and it looks like it's working well, but the problem is that the guinea pig can't talk and you can't let it know how to get back. ”"Uncle Andrew, it's time for dinner, they'll soon find out we're gone.So, you must let us go now. ”Diggray said."
Yes," Uncle Andrew repeated.At this point, Dugray and Polly glanced at each other, but neither dared to speak, but their glance seemed to say, "This is too horrible" and "We have to coax him." ”"If you let us go back to eat now, we'll be back when we're done."
Polly said."
Well, however, how can I be sure that you will be back" Uncle Andrew smiled slyly, as if he was about to change his mind."
Well, well," he continued, "if you have to leave, I can't help it, and then again, I think you should go too."
I can't expect you two young men to enjoy talking to a bad old man like me," he sighed, and said, "You don't know how lonely I am sometimes, but it doesn't matter, go back to dinner."
But before I leave, I'm going to give you a gift anyway, for it's not every day that I see such a lovely little girl in this dirty, shabby study, I mean, a young and beautiful girl like you. ”Polly begins to think that he is not really crazy."
Honey, do you like rings," Uncle Andrew said to Polly."
Do you mean the yellow and green rings over there, they look so flattering," Polly said."
Green is not good, and I can't give it to someone right now.But I am more than happy to give you a yellow ring that contains my deep love.Come over and put it on. ”Uncle Andrew said.Polly wasn't scared at all now, she was convinced that the old man wasn't crazy, and that the glorious, colorful rings seemed to exude a burst of magic, making her involuntarily move towards the wooden pallet."
Oh, I see, the buzzing sounds I hear are getting stronger and stronger here, as if the sound is coming from those rings."
Polly said."
Honey, you're an interesting idea."
At this point, Uncle Andrew's face showed a smile, accompanied by a laugh that sounded particularly natural.However, at this time, Digray clearly saw a look of greed and eagerness on his face."
Polly, don't do anything stupid, don't touch the ring," he shouted.But it was too late, and by the time he shouted, Polly had already reached out and touched a ring.And so, without any warning, no flashes of light, and no sound, Polly suddenly disappeared into thin air, leaving only Diggray and Uncle Andrew in the house.i0t1706231537: