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The adventure of the speckled band.
When my sister was leaving me, she stopped at the door and looked back.
"Tell me, " she said. "Have you ever heard anyone whistle in the middle of the night?"
"Never," I said. "Why do you ask?"
She replied, "Well, for the last three nights, always at about three in the morning, I have heard a low clear whistle. I am a light sleeper, and I cannot tell where it has come from. Perhaps it is from the next room, perhaps from the garden. I thought I would ask you if you had heard it. You don’t whistle when you sleep, do you?"
"No. I have never heard this a whistle. But I sleep more deeply than you."
"Yes. Well it is not important anyway."
My sister went away and a few minutes later I heard her lock the door . We always used to lock ourselves in our rooms at night. The cheetah and the baboon walking around in the gardens caused us to feel unsafe. A few minutes later I went to bed as well.
whistle : the sound you make when you make an O with your lips and blow.
light sleeper : someone who wakes up easily.
sleep deeply : sleep without waking up
lock : close with a key.
unsafe : not secure, with some danger
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