The Donut Shop

 

Whitby Wallace opened the Donut shop in Beguile quite late in life.  He seemed to wander in from the East one stormy day and within a week had opened the colorful and vibrant shop.  

Popular amongst the younger Beguilians it soon got a reputation of being a radiant place to catch up with friends and get tasty sweet donuts infused with almost magical fillings and covered in enchanting sprinkles.  During the daylight hours it is a popular hangout.  

At night though the Donut shop has become know for something else.  It has developed a nefarious air inspired by its nocturnal hours.   Although the Donut shop is suppose to be closed passersby say that at times in the very late hours or extremely early hours they are sure they see shimmering unexplained lights within the bowels of the shop.  

On occasion they also say they see Whitby standing outside his shop dressed in the uniform he wears by day seemingly transfixed by something unseen. 

Troubled by this Begulian’s as always have tried to come up with whispered theories to explain this strange phenomenon. There has been suggestions that Whitby is involved in some form of illicit trade, a notion about which the younger Beguilians laugh and twitter, citing Whitbys almost boring  countenance as a defence against such propositions.  

The youth of Beguile have their own theories about what is happening at the Donut shop.  They murmur about it in hushed tones where the adults of Beguile cannot hear.  They talk about the pink door at the back of the shop that leads to Whitby’s office.  On one very rare occasion the door had been ajar and a group had been sitting close enough to the door to get a fleeting glimpse inside.  They say what they saw was three little iron cages each with what looked like a fairy within it emitting an iridescent green glow.  Of course many laughed at this but a theory developed amongst those that believed the eye witness account.  Some muttered that they are certain Whitby had somehow captured three fairies and at night he forced them to make the delightful donuts he offered by day.  This hearsay didn’t go beyond the young but Whitby’s donuts are often described as “otherworldly”.