If There's A House

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Rating: General Audiences

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Category: Gen
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Language: English
Stats: Published: 2022-10-03 Words: 248 Chapters: 1/1
 If There's A House
by Idle_Hans

Summary

Have you noticed it never rains on market day?

Notes

This has been sitting in my working folder for long enough that I'm pretty sure it's reached its
final form, such as it is. Please enjoy.
There's a rise of land, with a stand of trees, in the middle of a bog. In the middle of the trees
there's a ruin. Or is it a house? Can't tell from the aerial survey: the picture's too grainy. It was
a bad roll of film that day for some reason.

If it's a house, there must be a safe path across the bog. But no-one can find it. No-one can
get there. Too deep to wade; too muddy for boats. A hovercraft could manage it, but who's
got one of those?

If it's a house, and if there's a path, then perhaps the funny lady lives there. Funny strange,
not funny ha-ha. She comes to market and buys the oddest things.

~o0o~

She says the oddest things too. Who's never heard of Maggie Thatcher? And who doesn't
know what a punk is? Or a VCR?

But her money's good enough. For all that she only uses coins.

She sells things too, occasionally. Honey ointments and the like. Vicar's wife swears by the
stuff.

~o0o~

Have you noticed it never rains on market day? Not ever.

~o0o~

The lady has a boy these days. Messy black hair. Bright green eyes.

What do you think gave him that nasty gash?

Never mind. It's barely visible now. Used to be all inflamed. Not anymore.

Honey ointment, I suppose.

Quiet lad. Still learning to talk. Shy.

Very fond of big dogs though.

~o0o~

Rosie, 'nother half pint? Thanks, lass.

~o0o~
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