Dracula's Digs

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House of Horrors Dept:
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Bob Hill and his wife Betty were vacationing in
Europe, as it happens in mid-Transylvania.
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Driving a rental alonglaldeserted highway, Bob
could barely see in front of the car sincelitlwas
raining hard and darker than the inside of a cat.
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Suddenly, the auto skidded out of control!!!
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Bob triedlhislbestltolavoid an accident, but the car swerved and ran smack-dab into a huge old oak tree.
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Moments later, shaking his head to clear the fog, he looked overlatlthelpassenger seat and sawlhislwife, unconscious, her head bleeding from injuries.
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Despite the rain and unfamiliar countryside, Bob well knew that he had to get medical help so he picked up his wife and be- gan slowly plodding down the road toward dim lights, far far ahead.
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As he got closer he could see that the lights came from a huge old house. He approachedlthelfront door, aged and ravaged by time, and... slooowly knocked...
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After but a moment's wait, the door creaked open and a small hunchbacked man peered out suspiciously.
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Help us!lBob pleaded. .We've been inlalterrible wreck. My wifelislbadlylinjuredlandlneedslalDoctor now!!
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May I please use your phone to call a hospital?
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I'm sorry that we don't have a phone the hunchback replied, but my Master is a Doctor. .Come in and I'll fetch him as quickly as I can.
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Shortly a strange looking middle-aged man came down the stairs. .Pale of complexion, he wore a black top-hat and a cloak which was thrown over a wrinkled tuxedo.
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Stranger yet, his teeth were quite long...and pointed!
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The caped man looked Bob and Betty up-and-down for a long moment, pursing his lips as if deep in thought.
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I'm afraid my Assistant may have misled you he said surreptitiously.
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I am not a medical doctor; I'm a scientist. But it is many miles to the nearest clinic, and as I have had basic medical training, I'll give this a shot and see what I can do to help your poor injured wife.
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Igor, bring them both into the laboratory commanded the Doctor.
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So Igor picked up the still comatose Betty and carried her down down down the looooong flight of stairs with Bob following closely behind.
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But as soon as Igor laid Betty on a gurney, Bob collapsed from his own injuries as well as exhaustion; so Igor put him on an adjoining gurney.
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Though the Doctor worked feverishly, he wasn't able to save the Hills.
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Both goners forever, they were deader than a bleeding door nail.
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Deeply upset at what he considered his failure, Igor's Lord and Master wearily climbedlthelstairs to an elaborate conservatory and his Möller Deluxelorgan; .a huge instrument having 128 ranks of pipes and 4 manuals, for it was there that he found peace and solitude.
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As he began to play Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Mi- nor,lthelhaunting throb of its eerie melody spilled out of the house into the dark forbidding countryside.
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Meanwhile, Igor the hunchback was back in the laboratory tiding up when he noticed Betty's little pinky twitching in time to the music.
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Stunned, he watched as Bob's arm began to rise, also moving in time, marking the provocative beat with a rock-steady rhythm of his own.
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Then Igor tooklalfearful step backwards, his mouth voicinglalsilent scream, as both Bob and Betty sat straight up on their gurneys!
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Unable to contain himself he fled from the laboratory and rushed up the twisting stairs to the conservatory and the safety of his Master.
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As he burst in, he shouted:
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Master, MASTER...
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The Hills are alive, with the sound of music!
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Editor's Comments: I am so sorry! .I just couldn't help myself...
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The hills are aliiiiive
With the sound of muuusiiic
With songs they have suung
For a thousand yeeeearrrs...
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The Hills are Alive

Thanks to SGM (Ret) Mike Podmenik!  RIP my friend.