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The
Haunted Bus
Bus
32A, was on its new route around the Old Mill Estate with one of
the new drivers, Judy Jackson.
It
was a cold, clear day and there were many passengers catching the
bus from the estate into town.
Judy
was a good driver, liked by the other drivers and passengers because
of her cheerful and friendly manner.
The
day had started well and she had not yet completed her first whole
route, when for no reason, the bus jerked to a stop near a primary
school.
Judy
checked to see if her foot had hit the brakes - but no it was still
on the accelerator. " I wonder why it has stopped? " she thought
to herself, " It's been fine all morning. Weird."
After
a few minutes the bus started to move again without Judy doing anything
to the controls.
" What
? How strange !" Judy continued into town and forgot about her experience
until it happened again on her second time around, in exactly the
same place !
"What
is going on?" she asked herself. The next time around it happened
again, in the same place and by now she was getting really annoyed.
This
continued all morning. She decided that on her return to the garage
she would get the bus checked by the mechanic.
The
next day she saw the mechanic who told her that the bus was absolutely
fine. She was, however, given a different bus to drive on the Old
Mill Estate route and to her great relief there were no further
unexpected stops.
"
Oh, it must have been a bad day for that bus yesterday " Judy did
not drive the bus again until a week later, on a different route
but there were no problems.
She
had forgotten all about the stopping incident. However, when she
was put back on the Old Mill Estate route, the following week with
the 32A bus, the stopping occurred again every time she got near
to the school.
"
Why Me ? I wonder if anyone else gets this problem ? I'm going to
ask the other drivers if they have had this trouble with this bus."
At
the end of her shift, instead of going home, she made her way to
the drivers' canteen. She got a cup of coffee and sat down with
a group of fellow drivers and described her experience with bus
32A on the Old Mill Estate route.
They
listened quietly until she had finished speaking. " Oh that's weird,
I had that when I drove around that route " said one of the drivers,
followed by others who agreed with him.
But
some of the drivers had driven on that same route with no problems
….. so what was going on?
"I
wonder if it only happens with the one bus and those of us, who
have not experienced the stopping, have been driving a different
bus ? " shouted Judy.
Over
in the corner of the canteen, one of the office workers overheard
their conversation. He walked quietly over to the group and tapping
Judy on her shoulder said " Excuse me but I couldn't help overhearing.
Were
you talking about a bus stopping near a school on the Old Mill Estate
? " " Yes we were." Judy answered " Why ?" " I think I know the
answer " he replied.
" Please
tell us why this keeps happening" they all cried. " Well…… several
years ago a boy was knocked over and killed by a bus at that very
spot."
"
Which bus ? "
"
32A "
" How do you know this ?"
" Because I was the driver ! "
" But you don't drive buses "
"I used to but I have never been able to drive a bus since that
day "
"
I think that bus, the 32A, is stopped by the boy so that no other
child will ever get knocked over
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