Plan Autonomo

All the stories in this book have one thing in common– one or more strange things happen. In Lost Love,a young man runs out of petrol on a deserted country
road. As he looks for somewhere to buypetrol, he meets abeautiful girl who offers to help him. The girl takes him toher family’s home in a small village. The young man soon
realises that this is a strange village – the people are dresse dinold-fashioned clothes, they cook over a wood fire and they use horses instead of cars. The girl’s father has never even heard of petrol! As the evening wears on, the girl becomes sad and tells theyoung man he has to leave. The young man tells the girl he is in love with her and that he will return. When he finally reaches the town and goes tothe garage to buy petrol, the young man asks about thestrange village. It is then that he learns the strange truth– the village was destroyed 350 years earlier during the English Civil War, and the village and the people who live
there only reappearin our time once every ten years. The young man decides that his love for the girl is greater than his love for the present day and decides to be there the next time the village appears, and to staywith the girl inher time. In The Doll, a lonely man called Mr Brown buys an olddoll that he sees in a shop window on his way home from work. It turns out to be a very bad decision. Strange thingsstart to happen almost immediately. On the bus, an unknown voice insults the ticket man, who thinks that Mr Brown was responsible. When he gets home with the doll, the strange things continue to happen.Mr Brownputs the doll on the table, but when he wakes up he findsit on his bed. The doll also seems to have opened Mr Brown’s letters! On the bus to work, the voice returns toinsult an old woman. MrBrown is sure that he left the doll in the house, but when he opens his case, he sees thedoll is there. This doll really does have a mind of its own! He wants to get rid of the doll and leaves it on...