The Haunted Trap

By: Kajol

We were walking down the sidewalk when Jimmy suddenly stopped to stare at a strange looking yellow house. Kelsey, Jesse and I stopped, too. There was a tall man standing in front of the house. We stood there for a couple of seconds. Then we went back to Kelsey's house.

The next day Kelsey and her stepsister Sally came over and said, "The yellow house doesn't look the same!" We could see spider webs, cracked windows and doors hanging off hinges. Jimmy and his sister, Jesse, didn't believe us so we went to show them.

Jesse said, "I can't believe it."

Then Kelsey said, "Let's go in".

Jimmy said, "I'll go in the haunted house."

Sally also agreed. Then Jesse decided to go into the haunted house though she was scared.

Jimmy said, "Don't be scared. We are with you."

"So, we all decided that on Thursday we would go inside the creepy haunted house together," said Kelsey.

When my mom said we were going to Kelsey's house for dinner I thought about the haunted house. When we finally got to Kelsey's house I got out of the car and ran to Kelsey's room. She was on the phone, I think, with Jimmy.

After we ate dinner we heard Kelsey's mom saying to my mom that we were going to move over here in Kelsey's house. I was so happy. I thought I heard somebody yell, "Sally!" It was just a door creek that almost gave me a heart attack. I was just thinking about the haunted looking house.

Then I asked my mom if she could tell us about the haunted house.

She said, "Well there is an old story about that house. Long ago in that house a boy named Harold Tom died. He died because he drank poison."

Sally asked, "Did he drink it on purpose or by accident?"

She said, "He didn't drink it on purpose. A man put poison in a bottle of soda and gave it to him to drink. The boy was never seen again."

The next morning I asked Jimmy, "What time are we going in the haunted house?" He was too busy talking on his cellphone.

Kelsey said, "How about 3:00?"

Everybody agreed. At dinner time my mom said to Kelsey's mom, "The girls are up to something."

After lunch Kelsey asked if I wanted some ice-cream. I answered, "Yes." So we went to the ice-cream truck and got some free ice-cream because Sally's dad is the ice-cream man. In just two hours it would be time to meet Jimmy and Jesse. We walked to the park.

We kept on walking until we saw the haunted house. We waited for Jimmy and Jesse to come to the haunted house. After 35 minutes Jesse came with an ax.

Sally asked, "Why did you bring an ax?"

Jesse remarked, "In case someone tries to hurt us."

Kelsey said, "Jesse, just put the ax down behind the red colored bush."

Then Jimmy came to the haunted house. So we forced Jesse to open the door. She opened the door.

Jesse screamed! She screamed because a humungous cobweb fell on her and there was a really loud moan.

Sally went in first, followed by Kelsey, Jesse and Jimmy. Sally saw this strange looking cat. It was spine-chilling. Then we went to a room with a hideous sculpture. Jesse felt scared. Her heart pounded in her chest and her mind was racing as she wondered what would be in the next room. Then the door slammed behind us. Sally tried to open it but it wouldn't open because it was locked. Jimmy tried to use the phone, but it was dead. Sally tried to open the windows but they were locked. Jesse broke the window with the ax she bought. She had hidden the ax behind her back. We couldn't see the ax because it was too dark for us to see.

Then we all escaped. We felt so free to get out of that house. Now we are never going in that house again.

Patti Weeg
pweeg@comcast.net

May 13, 2006