GHOST BEATS BOY

It seems that old England is a place for spooks to be and they're not shy to let you know they're there. Heck! They'll even beat you up for it. The boy said he did not see anyone throughout the whole thing but said it sounded like a man because of the heavy breathing.

That's what happen to a 13-year-old boy, who had finished school and was alone in their home in York Road, Hartlepool. He claims he was suddenly pulled upright, dragged across the living room, taken to the front door and thrown out into the street. His attack lasted for five minutes before the startled youngster fled to a neighbour's house.

His mother turned to the church after the attack where he was left bruised and bewildered by what his family say could only have been a ghost or poltergeist.

READ MORE :http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/Boy-13-39beaten-up-by.5446561.jp

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Fire! Fire! Fire!

The Hungry Ghost Month has come and gone, soon it will be mooncake festival again. Although I don't remember much of my childhood due to an accident, sometimes a familiar sight, sound, smell or touch can revive old memories still kept in the damaged parts of the brain.

In this case it was these lanterns. I am not talking about the modern plastic lanterns or the ones with Ben10, Transformers or Pokemon. It these traditional wire framed, translucent plastic and hand painted ones. These are quite rare nowadays, many kids prefer the battery operated types. One of the reasons maybe quite obvious or is it.... these old lanterns use a candle inside for a light source.

T-Rex Lantern

Anyway, I asked my mum about the time when I was a kid to piece together this story. I think I was around 7 or 8 years old. Back then, we never heard about the lanterns you guys and gals are used to. Some of the kids still carried a milk tin with a candle inside and the richer ones would have beautiful handmade paper lanterns. I wasn't rich but I had a lantern like the one in the picture.

I loved dragons and my lantern reflected my preference. I think my sister had a bunny and my cousin carried a rooster. Well, "rooster boy" is the focus of my story. We were having fun with our lanterns when my cousin's lantern's light went out. He grinned and took out a candle from his pocket to replace the one that was used. The genius forgot matches, so asked if could help by lighting his candle.

Anyone would tell you that if you try to put a lighted candle in a lantern would be tricky. As you can imagine, his candle touched the inside of the lantern and it started to burn!

"Fire..! Fire! Fire!" he shouted. But it was too late, in a matter of seconds his beautiful rooster became Kenny Rogers Roaster and was roasted reduced to a roasted bunch of twisted wire and ash. He cried and ran home. Pity him. I guess we all were bad to laugh at him. It was funny to see the lantern burn. (So... bad..)

Anyway, he proudly had another one the next day, so I guess he soon forgot about his fire incident.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Here in Sg. Ara, there are certainly many dogs of various breeds, colour and sizes while some are friendly others are not. So an old idiom comes to mind when I look at all these dogs. Although I must say that sleeping dogs are among the cutest things. There's something about the idiom warning that rings in my head, don't disturb a sleeping dog or else it will bite you!

The same thing I can say about our poor tired fathers if they come back from work and fall asleep on the armchair or sofa. Best you let him wake up before begging him for a Bakugan or a Ben10 watch. So the meaning of the idiom is don't look for trouble or avoid restarting conflict. Kicking a dog or waking up father is a definite No..No...

Eg.

a. I think you should let sleeping dogs lie and don't do it yourself.
- (avoid unesscessary trouble)

b. He has forgiven you, you better let sleeping dogs lie.
- (avoid restarting conflict)

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