Seeing as how it *is* Halloween, I thought this one would be
appropriate:
Bob Hill and his new wife, Betty, are vacationing in Europe; as
it happens, in Transylvania.
They're driving a rental car along a rather deserted highway.
It's late, and raining very hard. Bob can barely see 10 feet in
front of the car. Suddenly the car skids out of control!
Bob attempts to control the car, but to no avail! The car swerves
and smashes into a tree. Moments later, Bob shakes his head to
clear the fog. Dazed, he looks over at the passenger seat and
sees his new wife unconscious, with her head bleeding! Despite
the rain and unfamiliar countryside, Bob knows he has to carry
her to the nearest phone.
Bob carefully picks his wife up and begins trudging down the
road. After a short while, he sees a light. He heads towards the
light, which is coming from an old, large house. He approaches
the door and knocks. A minute passes. A small, hunched man opens
the door. Bob immediately blurts, "Hello, my name is Bob Hill,
and this is my wife, Betty. We've been in a terrible accident,
and my wife has been seriously hurt. Can I please use your
phone??"
"I'm sorry," replies the hunchback, "but we don't have a phone.
My master is a doctor. Come in and I will get him."
Bob brings his wife in. An elegant man comes down the stairs.
"I'm afraid my assistant may have misled you. I am not a medical
doctor. I am a scientist. However, it is many miles to the
nearest clinic, and I have had basic medical training. I will see
what I can do. Igor, bring them down to the laboratory."
With that, Igor picks up Betty and carries her downstairs, with
Bob following closely. Igor places Betty on a table in the lab.
Bob collapses from exhaustion and his own injuries; so Igor
places Bob on an adjoining table.
After a brief examination, Igor's master looks worried. "Things
are serious, Igor. Prepare a transfusion."
Igor and his master work feverishly, but to no avail. Bob and
Betty Hill are no more.
The Hills' deaths upsets Igor's master greatly. Wearily, he
climbs the steps to his conservatory, which houses his pipe
organ. For it is here that he has always found solace. He begins
to play, and a stirring, almost haunting melody fills the house.
Meanwhile, Igor is still in the lab tidying up. As the music
fills the lab, his eyes catch movement, and he notices the
fingers on Betty Hill's hand twitch. Stunned, he watches as Bob's
arm begins to rise! He is further amazed as Betty sits straight
up! Unable to contain himself, he dashes up the stairs to the
conservatory. He bursts in and shouts to his master:
(Don't page down unless you have a strong stomach...)
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"Master, Master!... The Hills are alive with the sound of music!"
[Edited by barrk on 10-31-2000 at 03:56 PM]
