Mr. Smith
Once upon a time, there was a young woman, Elizabeth, who was looking for a man to marry. Elizabeth had many suitors, too many to count. She loved men and she loved dating many at the same time. But there was one man in particular she liked more than the others. This man's name was Mr. Smith.
Mr. Smith was tall and built like a strong lumberjack. He treated Elizabeth better than any of her other suitors and one day he decided he needed to marry Elizabeth. He asked her to marry him and Elizabeth excitedly agreed. A couple weeks had gone by of being engaged and everything was going great. He kept telling Elizabeth how amazing his mansion was in the Hamptons that they were going to move into together but he would not let her see it because he wanted it to be a surprise. Mr. Smith told Elizabeth that he needed to go out of town for business for a couple of days and Elizabeth thought this was the perfect time to go and get a sneak peek at the house. She had been dying to see the home for some time now.
That next day Elizabeth woke up and went on a drive to go and see the house. When she arrived she saw it was more beautiful than she had even imagined. The house was huge with multiple windows, high walls, and an amazing front door. She decided that after seeing it she could not just look from the outside but needed to go inside.
Elizabeth approached the door and knocked. No one answered the door. She went to open the front door and it was unlocked. She then entered. When she entered she yelled but no one responded, she was amazed at the beauty of this house and could not wait to get a look around. As she continued to look around she began to get a bad feeling, the house looked as no one had lived here. There was dust everywhere, the furniture was covered in clutter and every blind was shut. For such a beautiful house it was not kept as nice on the inside.
When she went upstairs she came to double doors. On the door there was a sign that said "Do not enter." Elizabeth was brave and decided to enter. When she entered the room she screamed. Inside the doors was a room full of women's dead bodies. She began to run for the front door but heard something outside. When she looked out front she saw it was Mr. Smith dragging in a woman's dead body. She ran and hid behind a couch. When Mr. Smith entered he laid the girl down and went to pull off the huge diamond ring off her finger. When he did this the ring went flying. It landed right next to Elizabeth. Mr. Smith went to find the ring but much to his surprise Elizabeth was there.
Elizabeth was never seen again.
Author's Note: This story is based off of the story "Mr. Fox." It is very similar but in that story it is based in the olden times. Mr. Fox is a wealthy man that wins a woman's heart and tells her about his castle that they are going to live in. When she goes to look at it she comes upon a bunch of dead bodies and panics. She goes to leave but hides behind a piece of furniture, when he tried to get the ring off it landed next to her. In the original story Mr. Smith did not go searching for the ring, instead he went on to drag the body away. She was able to escape and run down the street away from the house. When she went to sign the marriage papers she brought her two brothers with her. Elizabeth stayed quiet for the beginning of the meeting but eventually she could no longer keep her mouth shut. She confronted him about what she had found. She described what she found as a dream. As she told him he turned pale white. After she told him what she knew she and her brothers killed Mr. Fox. She gave Mr. Fox the fate that he gave those other women. My story is similar but still different, in my story Elizabeth is not so lucky to get away. Elizabeth never gets the chance to escape, instead Mr. Smith gets what he wanted all along. He was able to kill her just like the other women.
Bibliography: "Mr. Fox" By: Joseph Jacobs