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Fireplace Girl
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A long time ago, when women and children were just starting to come to the colonies in America, an 8 year old named Sara moved to Jamestown with her mother and father. They were very rich and lived in a huge house with a fireplace in every room. One night Sara was
woken up around midnight by sounds coming from downstairs. She thought
it was one of her parents, because they often stayed up late. She called
out to them but she got no answer. Then she heard an unfamilar voice
say "The girl. We forgot about her. We got the parents but not
the girl." Sara was really scared because she understood enough
about what the So she ran to her fireplace
and crawled up the chimney to hide. She stayed there for at least 3
hours, all the while whimpering "oh my mama, oh my papa" Finally,
after she felt it was safe to to come out, she slid out of the fireplace
and ran to her parents' room. But when she got to their door, she found
she was to frightened She ran into the room and over to the bed. Sara pulled the sheets back, screamed in terror and fell to the floor. When a family friend found the two adults and the child, all three were dead. The parents' bodies were horribly mangled but little Sara appeared to have nothing wrong with her, she was just dead. The family was buried
in the cemetery up the road. No one was ever convicted for murdering
the family, and the case is still open, although they know that the
murderers are long dead. But Sara doesn't seem to know that. Because
every
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