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“I am trying to stop your chimney smoking. I have fixed something

up in it that ought to do it. It is a kind of bellows, and a string
comes out here. You pull it and it blows

the smoke up the chimney.” He
continued, “I came three times to

ask you to take a look. But you
had a visitor. I thought you would

not want me to disturb you.”

“How did you get in?”

“Through the window. I wanted
to surprise you.” Mrs Bott was

about to laugh hysterically. “I
don’t know what you are laughing

at”, said William. “You are covered
with soot. And you have ruined the hearth

rug,” she said, wiping her tears.

“I had to get up the chimney to fix up this invention for you. And all
this soot come down with me.” He looked at himself. “Yes, I am in a

bit of mess.” Mrs Bott was smiling.

Her nightmare of the ‘black spectre with

bellows an instrument or gleaming eyes’ was over. Now, the Hall
machine that by alternate would be written about in the ‘Haunted
expansion and contraction
draws in air through a valve English Country Houses’ series. “Never
and expels it through a tube; mind, William, I will get you clean,” she
hysterically in an said, as she gave him a shilling. “I will
uncontrolled way
shilling a British coin, the come and meet your mother so that she will
basic unit of money in some not be cross. I know you meant well, boy.”
countries “And about this invention—next time when
cross angry and annoyed
you have a fire, will try it? And do let me

know.” “Yes. I’ll let you know, William.”

– 'William—The Pirate' by Richmal Crampton
(Abridged and adapted)

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