THE BABYSITTER

On a cold winter evening, a girl went babysitting for two young boys in a big isolated
house in the forest.
1 When she arrived, it was quite late. The children were in their pajamas, eating
dinner in the kitchen. The parents talked to the babysitter for a few minutes, and they
left. 2 After dinner, she went upstairs with the children, read them a nice story and
sent them to bed.
3 Then she went back downstairs to watch TV in the living room. It was a dark room with lots of strange objects
everywhere: stuffed animals, old music instruments, and a big clown statue next to the TV set. The statue was
particularly ugly, with its smiley white face and black shiny eyes. The babysitter was trying to
concentrate on her TV series, but her eyes were going back to the statue, again and again.
4 Suddenly, she heard the phone in the kitchen ring and she went to answer it. It was the
childrens father, who asked if everything was OK. She said yes, then she hesitated a little and
added: Theres just one thing... Im sorry, I feel really stupid but... its just that clown statue in
the living room, it looks so scary! upstairs


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WHO
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WHAT
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WHERE
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WHEN
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KITCHEN
LIVING
ROOM
wnstairs

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There was silence on the other line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."

Just then the babysitter heard a click as a white hand was taking the phone from her. In the other
white hand, there was a big shiny knife.
The babysitter was never seen again. There was silence on the other line. Then the father
slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."
Just then the babysitter heard a click as a white hand was taking the phone from her. In the other
white hand, there was a big shiny knife. The babysitter was never seen again. There was silence on the other
line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did." Just then the babysitter heard a click as a
white hand was taking the phone from her. In the other white hand, there was a big shiny knife. The
babysitter was never seen again. There was silence on the other line. Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."
Just then the babysitter heard a click as a white hand was taking the phone from her. In the other white
hand, there was a big shiny knife. The babysitter was never seen again. There was silence on the other line.
Then the father slowly said:
"We don't have a clown statue in our living room. We never did."
Just then the babysitter heard a click as a white hand was taking the phone from her. In the other
white hand, there was a big shiny knife. The babysitter was never seen again.