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Irish Rose By Frank Brennan
Irish Rose is one of the short story in the book ‘Tales of supernatural’ that published on 2004 . The auther is Frank Brennan . The story is about Mary Flynn , the woman who’s a famous actress . One day at the hotel , she has the party to celebrate her new movie ‘Irish Rose’ . Suddenly she wants to dance , so she walks out of the hotel through the gate into the woods . She sees dancers dance the Irish dance music . She eats the apple that the man gives . Then she dances with the man , full with enamoured . She regains consciousness , and runs back to the hotel . Finally , she finds out that she turns into out that she turns into old woman . The time pass for 100 years . I liked this story because it’s strange and a bit scary . I

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