Dear Anastasia,

I just arrived in Bath 30 minutes ago. Someone recommended Bell and Dragon as a place to stay but honestly, it was way over my budget. Walking in the cold frosty wind, a normal looking house caught my eye because there was a notice on the window that was so mesmerising, I couldn’t take my eyes off it. I nervously walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. An old woman answered the door straight away, she was awfully nice to me which was concerning. I entered the door and she said everything was already done for me, it’s like she’s been waiting for someone to enter the door. Anyways, we were walking upstairs until she suddenly stopped and said “You have the whole second floor to yourself.” She had a knife behind her back but she said “Oh dear, I’m using this knife to chop up the vegetables!” Very strange to carry a knife with you.

 We made it to the second floor and I was unpacking my stuff, she came from behind me and said “come down to the ground floor when you’re finished so you can sign the guest book.” I signed it but I recognised two of the names in the book, I was curious but I just left it.

 She came downstairs and suddenly asked me if I wanted tea. To be honest I really didn’t like tea but I didn’t want to be rude. I had one sip of the tea and to be honest, it kind of tasted like drugs, the ones that I took at the hospital. She kept offering me tea continuously which was getting me frustrated. I changed the subject but I could tell she was getting mad, what did she want from me? Anyways, I saw her parrot and dog by the fireplace but I felt a bit hazy and I couldn’t tell if they were moving or not. I asked the old woman “are your animals okay?” She said to me “Deary, they’re okay but the animals..the animals are dead! I stuffed them myself!” I was shocked and scared at the same time, I reached down to touch them but the animals felt stone cold. 

All of a sudden, I dropped to the floor and was unconscious for about an hour. I woke up in this strange room, 2 other people in here with me..they weren’t moving, at all. I hid in the corner but the old woman entered the room with the same exact knife behind her back, I was terrified! She ran up to me and stabbed me in the chest but miraculously, I survived. I pushed her aside and she told me “you will never escape me, i’ll stuff you like how I stuffed the others!” I tripped down the stairs and started barking at her, she was angry so I stopped. I got up as quickly as I could and ran out the door and never looked back. 

From your dearest friend, Billy.

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This week, we have been learning about foreshadowing and how to give hints without spoiling the surprise at the end! This is my note to my dearest friend Anastasia from Billy’s perspective. I hope you enjoy my letter!

Hi people, today for my task that is not maths is a pretend letter acting like I am in the story “The land lady” By Roald Dahl  and this was a fun writing task, I really hope you can get some inspiration since we also did have to learn about suspense and tension and some foreshadowing, If you want to find out what I’m talking about. Search it up. But otherwise have a good day!!

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Dear Emaria

I am definitely not safe where I’m at right now.

I just arrived from the bath and now I am at this place since it was on my recommendation list right? It’s called the bed in breakfast and as soon as I saw it, It was all nice and vintage but it looked a little abandoned but that didn’t bother me.  I pressed that doorbell. An old lady was already standing in front of me like what ?3 inches away from my face but that doesn’t matter. 

What I’m not liking is that she keeps offering me tea when I don’t even drink tea but however , I will be honest. That tea was not for me. It taste like pills and Medicine so now I feel crazy dizzy and I feel like I’m gonna faint. I still have to act like I am okay since I don’t wanna hurt this old lady’s feelings but she’s hurting my head so I don’t know? No but keep hearing me out, she started talking and that breath stank like Mr. Menwise’s breath but what she started talking about is about making the tea she gave me taste sound better than what I’m about to say. She said that the stuffed animals she had were real once back then and she said the last 2 other guests were still on the 3rd floor even though they came 2 years ago. That’s mental but I can hear her coming up right now or am I just hearing things again. What if I’m not real? What’s happening!?!

Sincerely Robert 

Dear Amira

I have just arrived in Bath, a magnificent city I must say. I was first directed to a pub called “Bell and Dragon” on my way I had seen a notice that had said “Bed and Breakfast” I had went up to a house that looked a bit nice but something weird had happened when I was just about to remove my hand off the doorbell the door had swung open with a lady who’d look like the owner of the place she was just standing there like she knew I was coming. When I got inside she kept complimenting me in the weirdest ways like saying she was waiting for PERFECT people to show up. Later on she asked me to sign my name on a book downstairs in the lounge but the something that I had seen written inside of the book were two other names (Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple) I felt like I have seen or heard of these names somewhere in the newspapers…..? Hmm maybe not. I had asked the lady if they had left recently but she told me that they were on the third floor BUT THEN she asked me a strange question she asked me HOW OLD AM I?? It felt weird to answer that question but I told her I was 17 years old and she then complimented my age and said “what a great age for you” Hope I make it out of the house talk more next time.