Pip and the Wood Witch Curse (14 page)

Amongst the odds and ends in the sack, the hand found a small wooden figure of a soldier from the civil war. It dusted him down until his scuffed black boots shone again and his jacket was red once more. Apart from the flaking paint and the bent feather in his hat, he looked as smart as could be.

And for now he sat in silence on the mantelpiece, with his eyes fixed on the doorway so that he could see who came and went. He knew full well that when the moment was right and he had something to say he would go ahead and let out his secrets. Secrets of the children from Hangman’s Hollow.

Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. During this time, he did various jobs, from delivering papers to cleaning and cooking in a kitchen. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire, England.

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Copyright © 2011 by Chris Mould

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