A car broke down late at night way out in the countryside. The driver remembered passing an empty house a few minutes earlier."I'll stay there,"he thought."at least I'll get some sleep."
He found some wood in the corner of the living room and made a fire in the fireplace. He covered himself with his coat and slept. Toward morning the fire went out, and the child awakened hi . "it'll be light soon," he thought."then I'll go for help."
He closed his eyes again. but before he could doze off there was a terrible crash down the chimney. Something big and heavy had fallen out of the chimney. It lay on the floor for a minute. Then it stood up and stared down at him.
The ma took one look and started running. He had never seen anything so horrible in his life. he paused long enough to jump through a window. Then he ran, and ran, and ran-and ran until he thought his lungs would burst
As he stood in the road panting, trying to catch his breathe, he felt something tap him on his