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It has been variously titled: And Then There were None, Ten Little Indians, and more recently Ten Little Soldiers (in the current printing of the novel), or Ten Little Sailor Boys (in the video game), all changed from the original Ten Little N*** for obvious reasons. This is the poem from the book by Agatha Christie. He went and hanged himself and then there were none One got frizzled up and then there were one Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun Three little Indian boys walking in the zooĪ big bear hugged one and then there were two One got in chancery and then there were fourĪ red herring swallowed one and then there were three Six little Indian boys playing with a hiveĪ bumblebee stung one and then there were five One chopped himself in halves and then there were six

Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks One said he'd stay there and then there were seven One overslept himself and then there were eightĮight little Indian boys traveling in Devon #Blogwords, First Line Friday, #FLF, And Then There Were None OR Ten Little Indians, Agatha Christie, Dr.One choked his little self and then there were nine The twisting story, high suspicion, red herrings earned this story a place in my Hall of Favorites. I have been a fan of her writing ever since. Armstrong was a man, but my convincing British accent earned me the role. Armstrong in my high school production when I was fifteen. I am partial to this story, not only because it was my introduction to Dame Christie, but because when I was cast as Dr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in The Times. In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six decades. Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?Īgatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear.

Tell us your first line in the comments & then head over to Hoarding Books to see who else is participating! Welcome to First Line Fridays, hosted by Hoarding Books!!! BLOGWORDS – Friday – FIRST LINE FRIDAY – TEN LITTLE INDIANS by AGATHA CHRISTIE FIRST LINE FRIDAY – TEN LITTLE INDIANS by AGATHA CHRISTIE