It was a dark and stormy night

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It was a dark and stormy night. The rain came down in torrents, soaking the solitary man to the skin. He stood alone, silent, still enveloped by the black of the night.

Had the sun been shining, this lonely man would have seen the flat green fields surrounding him and far in the distance a house stood, as solitary as the man. Yet the dark limited the man’s vision so the house vanished.

        Suddenly the man’s eyes snapped open. The look on his face was one of absolute horror as if he had no recollection of his coming to this place. He turned in a circle, taking in his surroundings and as he did, he felt something small and sharp touch his right leg. He ran his hand over his calf and felt nothing.

        As if to find a clue about why he was in this place, he glanced down at his clothes. Striped pyjamas clung to his legs and arms with the rain and the mud squelched between his bare toes.

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        Something made a buzzing sound close to the man’s ear. He swatted around his head, but the buzzing still persisted.

What is it? He though. The buzzing became louder yet it seemed further away as if…..that’s it! He realised suddenly. The buzzing is in my head! As this though crossed his mind, terror crossed his face. The terror turned to anger as he hit himself over the head, hoping to dispel the unknown buzzing. One thought, and one thought only crossed his mind. Get it out. Over and over he heard these words, infuriating him but yet he listened.

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