'The Blood in the Crack' by Jade M, Age 10, Class 3

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The Blood in The Crack

Lucy had just came back from school. She ran inside her house and up into her bedroom, then her mum, Mrs Kirt shouted out, “Lucy, me and your father are going to your Uncle Dan’s house, would you like to come?”
“No thanks mum, I am going to stay at home,” Lucy replied.
“Well stay in the house and don’t answer the door or the phone!” Her mother said firmly as she shut the door.
Lucy ran down and locked the door behind her parents and then went and shut all the windows, but she though forgot to shut one… the old upstairs bathroom window! You see, people say that Lucy’s house is haunted… because 1 old man drowned in that very upstairs bathroom in that very bath, 25 years ago and the worst thing is… the bath was never replaced!
Lucy went back into her bedroom and jumped on her bed, she grabbed her book, 'Halloween Haunted Story’s. They will haunt you forever.' And started to read it. She started to read the 6th story when… “BANG!” Lucy looked up and slowly put down her book, it had came from the upstairs bathroom! Lucy stepped out of her bed and opened her bedroom door, then very, very slowly looked out and there in her bathroom was the open window, then suddenly… “BANG!” lightning had struck!
Lucy ran down stairs and into the kitchen and picked up the phone, she dialled her dads phone number and turned around to see… a real life ghost! Lucy dropped the phone and then “BANG!” lightning had struck again, at that moment Lucy fainted and hit her head on the cupboard and she was knocked out.
When Lucy woke up she was in her bed, she opened her eyes to see… the ghost, she jumped up and ran straight through the ghost and out the door, she ran down the stairs tripping over every step in fear! She quickly tried to unlock the door, but that was hard as her hands where shaking and so was her body. She looked around her shoulder and saw the ghost coming closer and closer to her. She unlocked the door and ran outside over the wet slippery slate and into the woods! When she got deep into the woods she stopped to breath, then suddenly the bush moved and started to shake.
“Hello, hello is any one there?” Then out leaped a… little ginger tabby cat! “Oh, it’s just a little old cat! You scared me there.” Then out came from behind the cat… the ghost! “You're, you’re the old man that died in our bath 25 years ago!” Lucy said.
“But I didn’t drown! Your grandfather drowned me! And now you are going to pay!” The ghost shouted.
“Noooo!” She said and ran off deeper into the woods, but to her surprise… she found an old cracked path. “This must lead out of the woods somehow!” Lucy shouted. So she followed the path, running as fast as she could looking back over her shoulder looking at the ghost, who was getting nearer and nearer! “Ha, ha, ha!” the Ghost cried. But then suddenly the path got wet and slippery and… Lucy slipped over and landed on her front, but only to see a big crack in the old path, filled with… blood. And then Lucy heard a voice in her ear, “Your grandfather was always jealous of me, that’s why he done it, that’s why he drowned me that stormy night, but now… this stormy night, it is going to be a Kirt that dies!” “Ahhhh!” Lucy screamed and she was never, ever seen again!

The End.

By Jade M
Age 10
Class 3

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