Concurso gótico. Tale 20. The Blue Lantern

In a small town, there was an old library. Inside, there was a blue lantern. Every night at eight o’clock, the lantern turned on by itself.

One rainy evening, three children were inside the library. Suddenly, the lights went off. Only the blue lantern stayed on. A cold wind moved the books. One book fell open on a table.

In the book, there was a picture of the three children inside the library. The picture started to move slowly. The children felt very scared. One child took a pen and wrote that they left the library. Right away, the door opened. The children ran into the rain. The lantern turned off.

The next day, the lantern was quiet, but the book had a new sentence: «The lantern will shine again when a new story starts».