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The Old Rectory

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The two boys braked, then wheeled around and stopped.
They peered at the sign.
‘This looks interesting.’
‘Do you think there is a castle down there?’ as he read what it said.
‘Could be.’
‘Well, it doesn’t say that we are not allowed to go along that drive, does it?’

So they started to bike while looking around the long winding road. It was pretty overgrown, and there seemed no-one around.
But then, what a vista!
The two of them stopped… dead.

‘What is it?’
‘Certainly not an old castle.’

They dropped their bikes, then walked around the imposing round building.
Just then, a large door opened from the inside, and a man appeared, and smiled. ‘Do come in, you’ll like this, I’m sure.’ He pointed up.
The two of them looked up. For a moment they said nothing, but then they both said: ‘Wow, a wonderful observatory – how cool!’

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150 words

Crimson’s Creative Challenge #079

28 thoughts on “The Old Rectory”

  10. Like the boys on that winding road, I wondered where this was leading. Very cleverly done. Makes me smile

    And yes, there is a castle at the back of the rectory, beyond the church. It dates to C3rd AD built by the occupying Romans The walls remain, but rectangular, not round

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  12. Why does the mansion in ‘Clue’ have a Conservatory but not an Observatory? Of all Tory rooms, I would find Observatory much more interesting. Strangely, the mansion has no lavatory either, but I suppose the wealthy can find other household fixtures to pee in. That may be what the wrench was used for.

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