This house differs from the others — it's the only one that looks habitable. A low, almost-defeated fence ring

This house differs from the others — it's the only one that looks habitable. A low, almost-defeated fence rings it, smoke rises from the chimney, and you can smell what could be a stew — heavily spiced. Even glass windows, adorned with drapes, are intact. A small, dented brass bell hangs near the front gate, and a well-swept path leads from the gate to the door of the house. Along the side of the house lies a garden — vegetables, it seems — and in the middle of the garden, you see a scarecrow with black stones for eyes and a wicked grin stitched on its burlap face.