“Why do things happen?” That’s the question on everyone’s lips these days.

“Why do things happen, Science?” everyone’s lips ask Science. And luckily, science usually has the answer. For example, if you ask Science why your little sister is crying, the answer is plain – because you called her “Stinky” and broke all her dolls with a hammer. Or if you ask Science why rain falls from the sky, the answer is simple – because it just does and stuff.

But every so often something happens which is so extraordinary that even Science does not hold the answers. For instance, take the horrifying events of last summer in the little town of Lamonic Bibber. “why did they happen, Science?” you may ask. But you will get no answer.

For some things are so strange that they cannot be explained away with Science. Or Maths. Or even P.E. But like Old Granny said as she rocked back and forth in her chair by the fireside:

“The past has a way of repeating itself. The past has a way of repeating itself.”

And perhaps that is all that anyone can say of such things…

Taken from: Mr Gum and The Power of Crystals. By Andy Stanton.

Photo Credit: Alex stares at the camera.