Linda’s loud voice
there was a girl called Linda who was famous for her loud voice
it could be heard from miles around there was next door a boy called Jeffery One day Linda shouted JEFFERY JEFFERY and what a suprise she got just then a cross looking little old man came up and said why are you calliing me for what a voice you got I’m not calling shouted Linda I’m calling the boy next door
before Linda knew she was put in to old man’s sack how she yelled but no one took notice of her at all. The old fellow went across a stile along a field he dropped
Linda down by his own doorstep His wife answered him His wife answered him and looked at the sack. “What have you got there?” she asked.
“It’s a girl with a loud voice,” the old man said. “She was shouting my name and disturbing me. I’m going to teach her a lesson.”
He opened the sack and pulled out Linda, who was still screaming. The old man’s wife gasped. “She’s only a child!” she said. “You can’t do this to her!”
“I can and I will,” the old man said. “She needs to learn some manners. Come on, girl, into the cellar with you!”
He dragged Linda to the cellar door and threw her inside. He locked the door and left her in the dark. Linda was terrified. She had never been in such a place before. She felt cold and damp and heard strange noises. She wished she had never shouted at the old man. She wished she could go back home. She wondered if anyone would ever find her. She cried and cried until she had no voice left.