Submission from Justin
Crawford County
We were camping out at the old house. We did not believe in ghosts, so we thought we had nothing to be afraid of. The house had boards over the windows and doors. We went to the door and pried the board off and opened the old door. It made a loud squeak and it fell of the hinges and we went inside and we heard a loud moaning. My friend said, "Let's put the sleeping bags out." We heard footsteps and a groan and a shadow appeared and it said, "Get out of my house!"
Submission from Naomi
Crawford County
But we decided to stay all night anyway. We heard all kinds of sounds. Then we heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
Submission from Matt
Crawford County
During the next night we heard noises coming from the upstairs so after a while the noises started getting on our nerves so we decided to go up and find out what the noises were. On our way up we heard voices on the other side of the upstairs so we hurried up the stairs quickly but quietly. Then when we got to the room right next to the one that had the voices we jumped in that room and hurried up and ran behind the bed so if they decided to go downstairs they wouldn't see us if they looked in the room. We sat in there and listened to the voices for about 5 minutes then we started to here something behind us so we started to look behind us and when we got about half way around we heard someone start screaming and when we turned back around we seen one of our partners was gone so we ran down stairs as quickly and quietly as we could and when we got down there we...
Submission from Kathryn
New Lambton, South Australia
...were shaking. I could hardly speak. One of us eventually said that we should go and look for our friend. "Was he still alive?". "What were we going to say to his parents?" Slowly we crept around the house looking in each room. We entered the attic and then, "AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhh!" There it was! The biggest one we had ever seen.
Submission from Lisa S.
Johannesburg, South Africa
A monster was staring us. Its ugly jelly like eyes quivered as they took in our appearance. After we had regained our composure we glanced around the room.
Submission from Brian
Dublin, Ireland
What happened was that our friend had dressed up as the monster and was trying to scare us. He thought it was very funny when he took off his costume. We were angry with him, but...
Submission from Tommy Dorchak
4th grade, West End Catholic School - Johnstown, PA
...then we heard footsteps coming from downstairs. Then we saw
something green and leafy coming in our room.
"Ahhhhhhhhhh!" we screamed.
"Hi guys, I brought you a tulip to make this room smell like a
room."
"Mom, don't scare us like that!".
But before Mom put the flower down, the tulip opened its two
lips.
Submission from Daniel Gibbs
Rideau, Richmond, B.C., Canada
Did you know that tulips have large teeth? Well, neither did we. .
.until that day. The teeth were huge and sharp. We stood terrified.
Mom was the first one to move. She ran screaming from the room. We
would have too, but the tulip cut off our escape. The sound of its
grinding teeth made us shudder.
"It's only a flower, what could it possibly do?" my friend asked,
with disbelief.
"You're right!" we echoed, "We have nothing to fear."
We relaxed. And we would have stayed relaxed, except for the fact
that the flower started to slither towards us!!!!!
Submission from Abbey
Oxford Road Elementary, New Hartford, N.Y.
As the predator plant slithered closer to us, we almost panicked.
Bill screamed. "My pocket knife! I just remembered!"
I screamed, "Quick, cut the roots before it reaches us!"
As Bill ran forward, the plant's vines reached out and wrapped around
his legs. "Help!" he screamed. Now I did panic.
Submission from Elizabeth
Winfield, Crown Point
"Ahhhhhhhh!" I tried to run, but I couldn't move. Then my friend cut the vine and we all ran downstairs, grabbing our stuff. We ran out the door. But when we got to the porch, we saw a humongous tree blocking our way.
Submission from Myleah Ren
Homeschool, Minneapolis, MN
We glanced back and forth at each other and wondered how the tree had gotten there. We just couldn't figure it out. We heard more voices coming from the tree, and we dared to step closer. A voice said, "Help Meeeeeeeee!" We jumped back and thought, how did someone get inside this humongous tree? Together we all shouted, "We have to help get him or her out!!" My friend shouted,"I found an axe", and he ran to grab it. He lifted the huge axe and was just about to swing when.......
Submission from Corey Hartman
Indian Creek School, Placerville, CA
...the tree screamed, and said, "Don't cut me please!" So they asked the tree what they could do to help, and the tree said, "A wicked witch has cast a spell on me. You need to get the witch's stick to set me free." So we went back in the house to look for the witch, and.....
Submission from Suzanne Janow
South Orange Middle School, South Orange
...we decided that the third floor would be the best place to look because third floors are one of the creepiest places in a house, but once we got through the top door we were suddenly in a dungeon. We started walking up the stairs. Creak, creak, creak. We weren't making that noise, were we? We looked behind us but all we saw was a black cat. None of us were superstitious, so we didn't think anything of it. All of a sudden we heard a whoosh, turned around and saw...
Submission from Monica Kelly
South Orange Middle School South Orange New Jersey
...a purple-faced witch! She had a long nose and a wart on her chin. We asked her for her broomstick and she said, "Can you help me buy some carrots for my black rabbit instead?"
Submission from Ben McClain
Care Christian Anderson, Indiana
Then Bill said, "We will help you buy some carrots for your rabbit
if you will set the tree free."
Then the witch said, "Get the carrots first!"
One of the kids ran to the store and brought back some carrots, and
said, "Here's your carrots."
The witch grabbed the carrots and said, "The tree will never be
normal again!" Just then a trap door opened under them and...
Submission from Trisha Hatcher
USD 259, Haysville, Kansas
...we all fell into a musty, dark cellar. I looked around and saw a golden shaft of light beaming down from a crack in the ceiling above. One of the girls who fell in the cellar with us stood in the golden light and looked up at it. Her young face suddenly turned into an old woman's face that was wrinkled with age. She turned to us and said...
Submission from Sarah Dexter
David City Elementary, David City, NE
"Now I've got you." We thought she was under some kind of spell, but then Tommy looked under the light and he turned in to a mean looking old man.
Submission from Stephie
Stanford Middle School Palo Alto, CA
Being the adventurous one in the group, I was curious as to what would happen if I only put part of my body in the light. I carefully eased up to the light. Then I took my hand and slowly stuck it in the light. What I saw almost made me faint! My hand became all wrinkled like my grandpa's. "AAAAHHHH!" I cried, "My hand! What's happening to it?"
Submission from Lauren
Mt. Carbon, Littleton, CO
Just then a little girl appeared in the cellar. We saw her
standing there and I asked her, "What's your name?"
"Samantha," she said. "You can call me Sam for short."
"How did you get down here?" I asked.
"Well, I was walking past this house and I saw this witch and she
asked me to buy some dog food. I ran out and got some dog food. And
as I gave it to her she pulled a lever and I ended up down here."
Then Sam peered up at the light and the teenagers said don't do that,
you'll turn into a teenager, at least. But it was too late...
Submission from Mica
Scott Elementary School, Thomasville, Georgia
...right before our eyes, Sam began to change. Her long blond hair
became gray and wiry, her blue eyes clouded with age, and deep
wrinkles spread over her face and arms.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Sam screamed, "Make this stop!"
There was nothing we could do to help.
Submission from Caroline Dumas
Eldredge, East Greenwich, Rhode Island
All at once, the kids heard a low growl. Behind an old trunk, a
black, furry animal that looked like a werewolf crept toward me.
Closer, closer, closer, it came. Then it leaped on top of me. I
yelled,"It's eating me!"
Then, I could see its face. It wasn't a werewolf after all. It was a
dog and it was licking my face.
"Oh no," I said. "It has a hurt leg. It needs our help."
"But it's the witch's dog," said Sam.
"The witch has treated it badly," I said. Then...
Submission from Charlie Clancy
Pasadena Elementary, MD
I then decided to take control. We needed a way out of this
dungeon. We didn't want to all die here from old age. "Quick, find a
way out of here!" I told everyone.
We all began searching around the dungeon. Sam found a trapdoor in
the floor. They all went through the door into a dark tunnel. In it
they encountered a ghost. The ghost seemed strangely friendly
though.
"Will you help us?" asked Tommy....
Submission from Joey Hewitt
Meridian Elementary, Meridian, ID
...who didn't really believe in ghosts. "Why don't you just take
off your sheet so we can understand you better!"
"I can't!" said the ghost, "The witch turned me into a ghost! It's a
long story. But I have good news! I can tell you how to get out of
the dungeon!"
"Let's try it!" I said.
Submission from Michael Krieg
Cedar Falls High School
"All you need to do is just follow me out of this cellar," the
ghost said.
"How do we know that you aren't lying to us like the witch was?" I
said standing my point.
The ghost just looked right at us, and said, "I'll guess you'll just
have to trust me." he said and walked into the darkness.
Submission from Windy Albert
Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls
As we started our long journey to get out of this dungeon, we
heard more noises and screams. All we wanted to do was to go home and
be safe in our own beds. The friendly ghost said, "As long as we
don't run into the witch that turned me into a ghost we will be
okay."
We came to an old door with a shiny gold door knob. Just as we opened
a door a gleam of light came through, blinding us. We put our hands
over our eyes to block the light. Just as we started to remove our
hands we saw the witch.
Submission from Candice
Homeschooled in Columbus, IN.
The witch said ''Now you will pay!'' I tried to stay calm but it was hard.
Submission from Anonymous
Bend Community School
As quickly as we could, we turned around and ran till we reached a dead end! We knew that we were stuck. As the witch closed in on us we...
Submission from Mary Beth
New Orleans, Louisiana
...began to panic. I was scared but I began to remember movies that I had seen. Sometimes in old houses there were secret passages in the walls. I began to search the wall behind me with my hands. Just as the witch was about to pounce on us my hand pushed in a rock in the wall and a passage opened. We all ran into the passage and it closed just before the witch could get through. We had escaped the witch but now with the passage closed it was pitch black. Bill remembered he had matches in his pocket and lit one. As we began to look around the room we realized there was nothing there except a skeleton chained to the wall. We knew the old bones were nothing to be afraid of until the skeleton...
Submission from Amber
Homeschool, Calumet, Oklahoma
...started laughing! We were shaking with fright. There was no way
out of here. Suddenly Bill screamed. Now the skeleton was really
laughing. "You must be running from the witch," said the skeleton.
Bill and I were afraid to speak. "There is only one way out of here,"
said the skeleton. "I will tell you how, but first you must get me
loose from these chains."
Submission from Lisa S.
Bainbridge-Guilford High School
As we glanced at the skeleton, we realized we must stay calm. The match flickered and died and we all jumped.
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