[ WP ] When someone dies , they are visited by an avatar of Death , a personification of the means of death . You are about to die in a very stupid way .

`` Voop, voop voop.'' 
 _That's weird, _ I thought, _I swear that kid is always at it._ 
 I pulled on my tracksuit bottoms and switched bras. I quickly sprayed a little deodorant and put my top on. 
 `` Voop, voop _voop_'' 
 _That kid next door_ really _likes his weird music. What is that, a distorted saxophone? _ 
 I half-heartedly tied up my trainers. I really liked Mrs Penny, the mum in the flat above with Jerry, her kid. To be fair, Jerry was lovely and on the way to becoming a decent musician. _On the way. Not quite there yet._ 
 I try being nice and helping when I can, we had a Christmas dinner together last year and I sometimes cook for them. It's quite easy being a good neighbour when you get on well with each other. Maybe Jerry's got a little crush on me, the-older-girl-next-door. Obviously I'm too old for him, but I'm sure that wo n't stop boys doing what boys do. 
 On my way out the front door, I saw the silly christmas-cracker gifts on my coffee table. I counted a spinning top, a kazoo, and a metal-ring-attached-to-the-spring puzzle. 
 _I should get rid of those, I'll never use them. Maybe I'll see if they want them._ 
 I fitted them in one hand and started jogging up the stairs. I scuffed the toe of my new trainers on the metal staircase, sighed a little, and continued up. 
 I rang the bell, and decided to do a little jogging on the spot. When no answer came after 20 or so seconds, I decided to just lodge them in the tiny letterbox. 
 _Guess it was just my imagination. They are n't in after all._ 
 There was only enough room for two of the three, so I stuck the kazoo in my mouth ( I figured that was the cleanest thing since it was supposed to go there ) and turned around to jog back down the stairs. 
 As I looked down at my new trainers, I saw that one was still untied. The new-trainer-grip held on tightly to the laces of the other trainer, which I raised up too quickly, and I felt myself about to topple. 
 
 `` Uh-oh'' I tried to say. 
 `` Voop voop'' is what came out.
