British horror stories

People like to be scared. They love reading horror stories and watching hooror mivies. The frist was published by Mary Shelley in 1818 - Frankenstein. Many films have featured Frankenstein over the years.
One of them put two great hooro characters together when Frankenstein met Count Cracula. Since then Cracula has always been in print.
Bram Stoker got the idea for Bracula while he was sitting in Highgate Cemetery in Nort Londoon. Stoker wondered what would happen if the light woke up the dead body in the tomb Count Cracula the vampire was created.
The bedroom window was wide open and moonlight was shining into the room. Mina was on the balcony and a dark shape was leaning over her. I t was Count Cracula!
The vampire turned his head. His eyes burned with a terrible red light. Blood was dripping from his red lips and long white teeth. The vampire had already taken fhis meal of blood!
We do like to be frightened, don't we?

BRITISH HOUSES!!

Well, 90% of the population live in towns. There are lots of different kinds of houses. This is the kind of house you find in British towns. Terraced houses are joined together - sometimes in a long row, but some terraces have only got a few houses.

Houses in different parts of Britain can look very different. There are lots of regional variations because builders use local materials. There are also differences in age. Some houses are very modern and some are hundreds of years old.

These are traditional thatched cottages, Thatch is made from reeds and is used for the roof. Cottage is the name for a small house in the country.

A famous traditional saying is "An Enlishman's home is his castle'. British people spend a lot of time and money on their homes and gardens.