the lost child

                                                  THE LOST CHILD 




There once was a lady called Lucinda who longed for a child . Lucinda prayed and prayed for a child. After three years lucinda got married and had a baby Lucinda' s baby was called Juliet. Lucinda loved her baby and became obsessed . One night lucinda put Juliet to sleep and Lucinda walked off. a black tom walked into the room the black tom made Juliet cry because his eyes were red like pools of fire and whiskers as tough as wire he swiped Juliet and replaced her with a wooden doll that was smiling and it had sharp teeth . The next morning Lucinda went to wake her baby she was devastated she grabbed her blood red coat and set off screaming with hell she went to the towns witch she asked her with rage were her beloved child juliet was the towns with explained how a black tom had stolen because she was so perfect. Lucinda went home weeping . A few years later she had another baby he was wonderful but lucinda did not want the wicked black tom too steal him so she tangled his hair in knots, rubbed ash onto his face and dressed him in rags so the black tom never came back again.