Thursday 10 May 2012

Third Interlude - Part Fourteen


A man on a screen shuffles papers as he smiles for the camera. “Now,” he says, “It's time to join the news teams where you are.”

The picture cuts to a village church surrounded by people. Dramatic music plays. A voice speaks “Villagers commemorate a tragic anniversary, a man finds a stick that's more than it seems, and what would you do if someone turned your car upside down for a prank. That's all coming up on tonight's local news.”

More dramatic music and a selection of scenes from the region eventually give way to a man in a television studio.

“Good evening. Today the residents of Knutswick gathered together to commemorate the first year anniversary of the tragedy that destroyed the village school and claimed the lives of 38 children, as well as that of their teacher. One year on, and investigators are no closer to discovering the cause of the blaze....”

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