'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
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| Author | M.R. James |
| Country | England |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror short story |
"'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'" is the sixth story in the first collection of ghost stories published by M. R. James, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.
Synopsis
Parkins the protagonist, is traveling to the town of Burnstow on the east coast of England. While investigating a Templar ruin, he finds a whistle with inscribed Latin, which he blows. Back at his hotel he dreams of a figure coming towards him in the distance, but never reaching him. Later while sleeping alone in his hotel room he hears someone get up from the adjacent and empty bed. The figure, made up of clothes piled up on the bed, attacks Parkins, but he is saved by one of the other guests.[1]
Adaptations
The BBC has filmed the story twice as Whistle and I'll Come to You, firstly in 1968 in a version directed by Jonathan Miller and starring Michael Horden, and again in 2010 starring John Hurt and Sophie Thompson.
References
External links
- Full Text of 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
- A Podcast to the Curious: Episode 7a - 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'
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