This is an original short story written for English language learners with around A2 to B1 level of proficiency. It is best suited for teens and adults. “In this eerie and thought-provoking story, a solitary house cleaner is tasked with emptying the house of a recently deceased client. As he goes through the house, he begins to hear strange noises coming from the loft. Determined to uncover the source of the noise, he climbs a ladder and enters the loft, but what he finds there will leave him questioning his own reality.” The story comes with a glossary and a worksheet of classroom activities, including: *a prediction task *comprehension questions *discussion questions *a language focus (tenses) *writing tasks In total, these tasks would take 2-3 hours of classroom time.