It's Only Me(spoof)

It’s Only Me

                  Ater her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richard sent her children to school and went upstair to her bedroom, She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband. Sha intended. To dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before , she was impatient to try it on. Though , the costume consisted only a sheet , it was very effective .  After putting it on , Mrs. Richard went down-stairs . She wanted to find out wether it would be comfortable to wear.

                 Just as Mrs.Richard was entering the dining room , there was a knock on the front door . She knew that it must be the baker . She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frightn the poor man, Mrs. Richard quickly hid in the small store-room under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy foodsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door if the store -room  was opened and a man entered . Mrs. Richard realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying “it’s only me”, but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richard walked towards him the fled, slamming the door behind him.