Children Cheat Death after Water Search Accident
From your breaking news reporter, Gold E. Locks
Onlookers watched in horror last night as ten-year-old twins, Jack and Jill Jones, narrowly avoided death after falling 100 feet down Blackfall Hill, near Camberwick Green.
Although Jack appeared to have sustained a large cut to the head, and may have been unconscious for a short time, both he and his sister fled the scene before medical teams arrived.
“The hill is so dangerous. I wouldn’t let my children go out there alone,” said nearby resident, Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. “What was their mother thinking?”
This hill itself has a dangerous reputation for hazardous drops and unstable pathways. It is thought that the accident happened as the children attempted the climb back down to their home at its base. Although what precipitated the fall remains a mystery, speculation has arisen around the pail Jack was seen to be carrying just moments before.
“I don’t know what on earth they would be doing up there with a bucket,” said fifty-two-year-old local landowner, Baron Hardup, who was first on the scene. “There is a rumour of a well, but it seems unlikely at the top of a hill. And if there is water, it is on my land, so that would be stealing, wouldn’t it?”
Recently, Hardup has faced criticism for diverting local water courses to supply his nearby stately home. Resulting shortages have caused citizens to risk their own safety to get enough water to make a cup of tea to go with their jam sandwiches. The terrible accident may been desperate attempt to ease the Jones family’s plight.
This isn’t the first time Hardup’s actions have adversely affected residents in the neighbourhood. Last month, three pigs only just avoided eviction by his steward, B. B. Wolf. They were forced to take out a second mortgage to enable them to rebuild their home with bricks to prevent this from taking place.
Police are waiting to interview the children’s mother, alternative medicine practitioner, Mrs Jones. So far, she has refused to speak to journalists, but eyewitnesses report they saw her at the local stores shortly afterwards, buying a large roll of brown paper and a bottle of vinegar.
