The Enchanted Lakehouse
Chapter 1 The man had made the bargain because he needed the money and the creatureshad accepted because they were hungry. The man had everything they neededto be sated. He ran a home for boys on the edge of the woods -- the woodswere enchanted, said the boys; the woods were haunted said the others. Theboys were orphans or castaways -- families with too many mouths to feed.The man, who saw the irony in this, made the bargain years ago, and afterso long, began only accepting particular boys --...