OoP: Amanda goes on and on and on and on and on about Snape

[mooseming]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> 
wrote:
<snip> I am reminded, for some reason, of a children's story I read 
long and long
> ago, too long to even remember names, just the gist. These 
children met an
> old man, turns out he was a ghost. This ghost had failed to risk 
his life to
> rescue other children from a fire, and was doomed to the earth 
until he made
> things right. These children helped him, they went back in time 
and walked
> into the fire with the old man and got the kids out. I remember, 
the kids
> didn't feel anything, the flames didn't burn them; the old man was 
with them
> and had his hand on their shoulders. One kid stumbled and the hand 
slipped
> and he felt terrible pain; but then the old man touched him and he 
was fine.
> The man was taking all their pain, because should have been his to 
begin
> with. The image was strong and has lasted. (If anyone else read 
that, and
> remembers what it was, please tell me.)

> > ~Amanda
> -----------------------
> Those who cannot hear the music, think the dancers daft.

That would be 'The Ghosts' by Antonia Barber, reissued (and renamed) 
in the early 1970's with the release of a movie called 'The Amazing 
Mr Blunden'.

Regards
Jo