by Alan Townendthe high street consisted of seven black cats. Fortunately my hostess
remained the same size as we chatted over a cup of tea. She said
how delighted she was that I had agreed to visit her as she had the
feeling that the other neighbours looked down on her. After an hour
and a half I looked her straight in the face, made some excuse about
an appointment and left hoping that I hadn't been put under a spell
for telling a lie. When I got home, I looked up the word «witch» in
my encyclopedia and was amazed to find that one of abilities a witch
has is to change size. From then on I tended to walk down the left
side of my house after that near my other neighbour, Mrs. Tendett.
Some weeks later she hailed me as I came home: «Things are
looking up», she exclaimed. «That empty house on the other side
has apparently been sold at last.» It didn't seem a good idea to
inform Mrs. Tendett that I had had tea in the «empty» house with a
witch, especially as she had always looked up to me for some
reason. I didn't make a particular point of looking out for my new
neighbours but when I did meet them they seemed a normal enough
young couple. What disturbed me slightly was the name. To make
sure I had heard it right, I looked it up in the telephone directory:
Mr. and Mrs. Broom.
Vocabulary Explanations
often you are looked on
often you are regarded
needs looking after
needs medical attention
looking onto the lake
with a view on the lake
just looking out of the window
just looking through the window
You are looking at it now
You can see it now
They look away
They look in the other direction
look at photographs
see photographs
look into the matter
investigate the matter
looking for support
hoping for support
looking forward to finding
awaiting with pleasure the idea of finding
I look back to a time
I reminisce about a time