Mr Brown lived near the center of town but his small house had a garden Mr Brown liked his garden very much it had a lot of flowers and they were pretty in summer red blue and yellow Mr Brown liked sitting there in the evenings and at weekends but he had to work too Mr Brown worked in an office it wasn't near his house so he often went to work on the bus he came home on the bus too Mr Brown was a lonely man he didn't have many friends and he didn't talk to many people
and so he was sad and often bored one very very hot day Mr Brown walked home he didn't want to go on the bus that day he wanted a walk in the warm sun in one street there was a small shop Mr Brown looked in the window there were very old things in the window and Mr Brown liked old things he went into the shop good afternoon said the man in the shop good afternoon said Mr Brown Can I look round the shop please do Mr Brown looked at the things in the shop he saw
an old doll with a sad face it wasn't a pretty face but Mr Brown liked it the doll was a little old man with white hair and black clothes Mr Brown thought perhaps the doll is lonely too he asked how much do you want for this old doll the man thought oh that £3 he said Mr Brown wanted the doll what why he didn't know but he wanted it £3 was a lot of money for an old doll but Mr Brown paid it he went out with the doll in his hand he looked at its
face is it smiling he wondered no he thought it's only a doll he said to it I'm going to take you home the doll didn't answer it was only a doll so why did Mr Brown speak to it because he was lonely he put it in his case with his papers from the office Mr Brown was tired now so he got on the bus the man came for Mr Brown's money and Mr Brown bought a ticket suddenly somebody on the bus spoke go away said the person you stupid man go away everybody on the bus
looked at Mr Brown did he say that they wondered the ticket man was angry with Mr Brown why did he say that he wondered he gave Mr Brown a ticket and went away he didn't like Mr Brown when Mr Brown got home he was very tired who spoke on the bus he wondered he didn't know he took the doll out of his case and looked at it it was only a doll it wasn't very pretty it was quite ugly but it had a smile on its face face that's strange thought Mr Brown he put the
doll on the table and had his dinner Mr Brown wasn't very hungry so he only ate some bread and butter then he went to bed and slept he forgot the doll it was on the table morning came and the sun Shone into the room Mr Brown opened his eyes there was something on his bed what is it he wondered he looked and he saw the doll but I left it on the table it can't walk it's only a doll Mr Brown didn't understand it it was very strange Mr Brown went to the front door are
there any letters for me he wondered yes there were three with his name and address but what was this the letters were open who opened them Mr Brown didn't know Mr Brown ate his breakfast then he went to the bus stop and waited waited his bus came and stopped for him Mr Brown got on with his case and sat down there were a lot of people on the bus and one old woman couldn't sit down her face was tired and Mr Brown was a kind man he stood up for her and she sat down then
suddenly somebody spoke yeah you stupid old thing the woman turned and looked at Mr Brown she was very angry Mr Brown's face went red then he remembered the doll he got off the bus he couldn't understand it that doll's at home he thought or is it Mr Brown opened his case and looked inside the doll was there with a big smile on its ugly face he put the doll down on the street and left it there then he went to work that's the end of that doll he thought good Mr Brown worked well all day
after work he walked to the bus stop but what was that the doll was at the bus stop Mr Brown saw the white hair and the black clothes and he saw the smile too what's happening he wondered it's waiting for me it isn't only a doll but what is it he turned and ran away from the bus stop then he he walked home he had to walk 3 kilm to his house he was very tired Mr Brown sat down in a chair and went to sleep he slept for an hour suddenly there was a big
noise in another room crash smash Mr Brown opened his eyes what's wrong he wondered he went into the other room the doll was there again it sat on the table and looked at him Mr Brown's cups and plates were all on the floor it isn't only a doll Mr Brown thought and it isn't a friend this is difficult what can I do he took the doll into the garden and buried it in the ground that really is the end of you said Mr Brown you're under the ground now you won't get out of there next
day Mr Brown went to work on the bus he didn't have the doll now and nobody spoke he worked hard and he was happy Mr came home again that night he watched television this is good he thought at 11:00 he went to bed the house was dark and quiet but an hour later there was a sudden noise in the night Mr Brown sat up in bed he was cold and Afraid what was that noise he wondered the noise was at the back door Mr Brown was afraid but he opened the door it was the doll
again it was dirty from the ground but it looked at Mr Brown and smiled it was a cold smile and Mr Brown was very afraid he looked at the doll and said go away please go away the doll didn't speak it only smiled again Mr Brown was very angry now he took the doll into the garden again he found some wood and he made a big fire he lit the fire then he put the doll on the top now die said Mr Brown it's different this time this will be the end of you and Mr
Brown smiled the fire was hot and red the fire got bigger and bigger suddenly there was a loud cry and people ran out of their houses what's wrong they shouted the there's a big fire in Mr Brown's Garden somebody said look and there was a big fire the people looked around the house and garden they couldn't find Mr Brown but on the ground near the fire there was a doll with white hair and black clothes it wasn't a pretty doll and there was a smile on its face face
