The Mystery of The Hairy-legged Mystery...
Okay I admit it - when I wrote The Hairy-legged Mystery I was not expecting to publish it. I wrote it as a bit of fun to read to my friend's children. I wanted to provide a real sense of mystery for five to seven year olds... I also intended to make it a joy / amusing for my best friends to read to their little ones... They know me well and are aware I have a certain sense of humour. Of course they expected some rather random events that would make them smile. Well it seems that a book about hairy legs seems to have proven popular with the kiddies and parents - so I put it on Kindle. To make it even more exciting an audio producer has snapped it up in the last hour to produce on audio... So something is going on with it:) Oh God - imagine after writing all my other books that I get known for a hairy-legged mystery. That is hysterical in itself!
Here is the synopsis:
One afternoon, while Ben and Jenny play in the garden, Ben
notices a pair of extremely hairy legs belonging to a huge creature hiding in
their hedge. Just as they investigate they are called in for tea. From that
moment on the pair attempt to determine what the ‘creature’ is. During the
night they watch from their bedroom window and can see the outline of a hairy
shape lurking in the darkness. It had to be a monster didn’t it? What did that
monster want? The whole thing was turning into a mystery. Why had the cucumber
patch been destroyed? Had the creature taken the fruit bowl? Why would the prize
roses be beheaded? Was the creature trying to get their attention? The whole
thing had turned into a hairy legged mystery!
FIRST CHAPTER:
The Hairy-legged Mystery
By Ruby Allure
Copyright Ruby Allure 2016
All rights fall with Ruby Allure
For the ‘little dudes’ that find my random
stories amusing.
Thank you for making me give this to the
world!
CHAPTER 1
HAIRY HEDGES
What was
that wriggling in the hedge?
Ben, a
scruffy bean-pole of a boy aged nine, paused and picked up his ball. The sun
had finally come out and the smell of damp grass and earth hung in the air. He
glanced back at his little sister, Jenny, who was coated in mud. Her curly dark
hair was encrusted against her face and her green eyes looked impatient as
usual. She stood with her hands on her hips waiting because she wanted to play!
With a Shhh! sign Ben waved her over and pointed.
With a frown and a stomp she trampled over. ‘Come on!’ she said irritably. Ben
made another Shhh! sign.
“What?” Jenny whispered.
With
a confused look she followed his gaze and listened. There it was again, a
rustling, a snorting and a gulping. What was it? “Oooop, ooop…”
The brother
and sister crouched down and peered at the bracken beneath the hedge. Two very
hairy legs with dark feet that looked like long
sultanas stood in some mud. The pair glanced at each other. They had never seen anything like it before.
“What is it?” mouthed Jenny. “It’s not human,” Ben replied with a shrug. There was definitely some kind of creature close by. Had it emerged from the forest beyond their garden? Did they dare find out?
“Tea time!” called their mother.
The pair
stood up and did not know what to do. Should they tell their parents or should
they find out more?“Come on kids” said their father strolling out onto the patio. “What’s so exciting that you want to stay outside instead of have your tea?”
“Nothing!” They both replied at the same time.
Their father
studied them with a certain look on his face.
“Nothing eh?” Well then you best get in for your tea. “I made
Lasagne and your mother made fruit trifle.”
There was definitely
something there...
LINK TO THE HAIRY-LEGGED MYSTERY on AMAZON.COM
LINK To THE HAIRY LEGGED MYSTERY ON AMAZON.CO.UK
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