Classic M. R. James ghost story
“They say the mediaeval chapel ruin was washed away by a storm.”
Whistle and I’ll Come My Lad (1904) by M. R James
“Another one of those silly stories, I’m sure,” said Professor Parkins.
Professor Parkins is on a holiday in a coastal town. Walking back along a beach after playing golf, he stumbles across the ruined abbey. There is a legend that the abbey was destroyed in He does not “believe in what people call the ‘supernatural’.
Which one of these words do you not expect to hear.
dig * ghost * sand * dig * altar * cavity (hole) * running * wind
Adapted for audio by by Kieran McGovern English language level: Intermediate
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