Haunted House

• Lucas Ballantyne, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2014

There’s nothing left but a few pegs. It starts to pour rain. I’m wet and cold. I start to wonder down the road. I see a house to the left of me. The lights turn on. I start to walk up the pathway. I hear dogs barking and crows crowing. I hear thunder. I knock on the door. No one answers. I try again, no one answers. I thought maybe the back door would be open. I am right. I stepped inside.
The floorboards creaked. I heard ghostly sounds. I slowly walk up the stairs. “AHH!” I said in a loud voice, because right in front of me was a ghost! The ghost didn’t look too happy! He said, “LEAVE NOW OR YOU WILL DIE”! I faint.
When I woke up I was still in the same place I fainted! I stood on my feet. I felt like jelly. I looked around. No one was there. I walk down the stairs. I smell chicken! I walk into the kitchen and see another ghost. This time I don’t faint, but I do scream “AHHH!” I run right into a wall because I’m so scared! Then I wake up in middle of the hallway. Then out of nowhere both ghosts are coming from each directing. I wake in my tent. I sigh with relief. Then, I hear the first drops of rain…