{"id":190,"date":"2012-10-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/75ae5942-57cc-476d-8228-8d877acf4647"},"modified":"2012-10-28T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-28T05:00:00","slug":"channels-a-ghost-story-in-five-parts-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=190","title":{"rendered":"Channels, A Ghost Story in Five Parts: Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/font><\/font>In part one we were introduced to a wayward ghost from the moon.  We also met the Lady and her assortment of inanimate-animate objects.  The story ended with the Lady telling the Ghost Boy that he needed to make a decision.  What about?  Read on.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cDecision?\u201d he said out loud, \u201cWhat decision?\u201d  He reentered the house and floated above the living room floor.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m afraid I don\u2019t understand,\u201d he said.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou were drawn to the music,\u201d she said, \u201cthe music draws lost souls.  My job is to help those lost souls get home\u2014if they want to go home, that is.  That\u2019s I why I said you need to make a decision.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cHow do you know where my home is?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019re a Moon Child,\u201d she replied, \u201cTabby and I knew that from the moment we saw you.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cBut how do you take me home?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t.  The music does.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cHow?\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt drew you here didn\u2019t it?  If you let it, it will draw you home.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cTo the\u2026to my mm\u2026\u201d  He could say no more.  He suddenly found himself crying.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cYes,\u201d she said, \u201cto the Moon, your Mother.  But you might not want to go home.  You might like haunting the streets of Philadelphia.  You have to decide whether or not you want to go home.  If you don\u2019t, you\u2019re perfectly welcome to stay here.  If you want to go home, I\u2019ll play the music when I get back from work tomorrow and you\u2019ll be home before you know it.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n

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The Ghost Boy trembled as he wept. <\/font><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou think about it,\u201d the Lady said standing up, \u201cI\u2019m off to bed. I suppose I\u2019ll see you tomorrow one way or the other.\u201d  <\/font><\/p>\n

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And with that she left the room, and as she did Silence appeared and began slowly, lovingly, like a grandmother kissing her grandchildren goodnight, touching everything\u2014everything except the Piano.  When he had finished, he draped a silver mesh blanket over the entire room.  It clung to everything except the Piano.  The Lady’s voice could be heard singing quietly from another room.  Silence lifted a little bird that appeared in his hand.  He whispered something to the bird and it flew off in the direction of the Lady.  After a few moments her voice faded.  Silence smiled and turned to the Ghost Boy.  Ghost Boy rose and stepped through the wall and into the street.  He drifted like a wisp of moonlight.  Silence settled down in an easy chair and pulled the drapes aside.  His gaze followed the boy.  Ghost Boy\u2019s weeping could be heard echoing through the trolley lines above the street.  He looked back at the Lady\u2019s house and then up at Mother Moon.  Both had disappeared in the darkness.<\/p>\n

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