The sound of muffled mishap chilled the November air.
"What was that?" Paul asked, alarmed.
"What?" said Karen - wide eyed.
Sean fainted (in a manly way). Thud.
Paul and Karen stared, aghast. A white apparition was floating towards the office. They both stood bolt upright, frozen with terror.
"Whooooo!"
Paul looked at Karen - Karen looked at Paul - then back to the ethereal figure as it neared the office.
"Whooooo!"
The door handle moved, slowly.
Paul and Karen backed up against the wall. Sean groaned.
The indescribable apparition entered the office. It spoke, with a deathly tremble.
"Whooooo!" And again.
"Whooooo!"
Silence fell, then was instantly broken.
"Whooo left that sheet on the washing line? I am all of a tangle."
Paul and Karen tugged at the sheet - then laughed. It was Intelligent Penguin - chortle. He'd been practicing his levitating and floated straight into the washing line.
My, how they all chuckled at their scary misadventure.
THE END
A fairly short story by Karen Wells (Creative Penguin)
Kindly subedited by Jasper Bark ( jasperbark.net )