The Ghost by Aidan Brooks (7th Grader)

One day a boy named Steven decided to play with his best friend Justin. He went to look for Justin at his house, but he was not there. So he asked Justin’s mom, and she replied, “Justin is dead!” “What,” Steven cried. Then he went home and told his mom the sad news. Night was setting in and Justin went to bed. At around twelve o’ clock, Steven heard a tapping sound. Steven wondered what it was. He went downstairs to see what it was but saw nothing but his shadow.

So the next day Steven went to school, he told everyone about the sound he heard, but no one listened to him. When school ended, Steven went home by himself, this time without his best friend. When he was going home, he heard a voice that said. “I am going to haunt you!” Steven was very scared, so he ran the rest of the way home. When he reached, he tried to get his mind off of the voice by doing all his home work. When it was time for Steven to sleep, he got into bed and closed his eyes. Though Steven was scared that the sound would come back, he still fell asleep.

While Steven dreamed, he heard the voice again. He woke up and yelled, “Mom!” But his mom was fast asleep. So Steven was on his own. Then the ghost said, “I will haunt you.” Steven, in that moment, realized that the ghost was Justin, wearing a ghost suit. Steven figured out that he was being pranked by Justin and his mom.

The next day Steven and Justin went walking to school, talking along the way about everything that had happened.