Miss Strangeworth: A Short Story

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After Miss. Adela Strangeworth’s roses were cut she lost her mind. The atmosphere in her little town became gloomy, dark, dull without much life anywhere. Every single plant started to shrivel up and die. All the people seemed fine and didn’t notice the hellish storm they had released in the form of Miss Strangeworth. For the longest time everyone in the town thought that Miss Strangeworth was just the person that lived in the town for all her life, what they didn’t know was that the town reflected upon Miss Strangeworth’s feelings, hence the name Strangeworth, every now and then there would be strange and unexplainable occurrences in Miss Strangeworth’s town such as raining cats and dogs. No one in the town realized all of the weird things that happen within the town because it was always so happy and cheerful. …show more content…
As Miss Strangeworth stands there,

The Harris boy says, “Hey there Miss Strangeworth what happened to your roses and what was in the letter you sent to Don Crane?”

“YOU WHAT?” screamed Miss Strangeworth.

“I sent the letter you dropped on the floor the other evening, I just saw it drop out of your pocket while you were mailing some letters. By the time I got to your letter you had already left. So I decided to mail the letter for you.” Exclaimed the Harris boy.

“THAT LETTER WAS MEANT TO BE ANONYMOUS THAT’S WHY I DIDN’T PUT MY NAME ON IT!” Shouted Miss Strangeworth.
“I’m sorry for trying to help you?” Questioned the Harris boy.

“Because of what you did my roses got cut! Now go away and leave me alone!” Miss Strangeworth wailed.

After the encounter with the Harris boy Miss Strangeworth stormed into the Crane family household and shouted,“Why did you kill my lovely roses,the heart of this town, and the only tourist attraction?” Asked Miss

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