CURSE of the CRYING BOY

A strange painting haunted my childhood and showed me the spirit world is real.

Gill Pakes

Rushing in from school, I chucked my bag down and headed for the three-seater sofa in our bright orange lounge. As I flopped down, I caught sight of something new hanging on the wall. ‘Muuuuum!’ I called. ‘What's this new painting?’ It hadn't been there when I'd left this morning. My mum Dorothy walked in from the adjoining kitchen diner and looked at the 2ft high portrait on the wall. ‘I went shopping and saw it,’ Mum said, explaining she'd nipped into a bric-a-brac place near our home in Sheldon, Birmingham. ‘I just had to buy it. It was as if it was pulling my hand.’ Mum's eyes drifted to the painting. I felt the pull she was experiencing towards this image of a little blonde boy with blue eyes…

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