BY GEORGE REDDISH There I was in the dreadful house right below a spiral staircase I could hear a...
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THE GREAT DARE BY GEORGE REDDISH
BY GEORGE REDDISH There I was in the dreadful house right below a spiral staircase I could hear a tapping on a window. The door shut with a slam. I could
There I was in the dreadful house right below a spiral
staircase I could hear a tapping on a window. The door shut with a
slam. I could see shadows moving at the top of the creaking
staircase. A closet was moving to my right where I could hear a
moaning and groaning. The moonlight was shining down on my body
through a double glazed, smashed window. How on earth had I got
myself into this mess. I thought back to how it had all
started.
Slide 4
I was coming back from school and I was with my best friends
Ben and Jack and we decided to take the shortcut through the woods
because the Simpsons was on at 6:30. We went through the dark,
eerie woods. I could sense thousands of insects crawling all around
us. I could hear the song of the wind howling in our ears. I could
see spider webs hanging from tree to tree. Then we all stopped as
we turned around a slippery corner. Right in front of our eyes was
a horrific sight. It was an old haunted house. The porch had two
stone gargoyles staring down at us. It was a 3 storey crooked
house. On the roof the old stone tiles were crashing down on the
muddy drive. The old garden was a huge patch of mouldy grass with a
dozen oak trees round the perimeter. The fence was just a few
wooden blocks strapped to a long metal wire.
Slide 5
We stared at the house for a while then Jack mumbled to me, I
dare you George to stay in that house for one whole night. I froze
in terror. I was petrified by what Jack had just said. I didnt know
what to do. But I had to carry out the deed because if I didnt they
would call me a wimp for the rest of my life.
Slide 6
I stumbled into my house still in shock. I packed my bags ready
for the big night. I called Ben and Jack and told them I was going
to do it. I grabbed my bags and headed off to the mysterious house.
As I was going through the barren woods I was thinking how I was
going to survive in the old haunted house. I had covered a lot of
ground from my house and I was nearly at the slippery corner. I
kept on walking until I got to the dreaded corner.
Slide 7
I went round the corner were we had first seen the house. I
stumbled up to the terrifying house and started to open the creaky
wooden door. As I pushed the door gradually I started to walk in
and then I stopped dead at the bottom of a creaking staircase and
thats how I find myself here now. I slowly walked up the hardwood
spiral staircase and looked for a room that wasnt drenched with
water and covered in cobwebs. I finally found a room that was just
bearable to sleep in. I lay down in an uncomfortable king sized bed
and shut my eyes and drifted into a deep sleep.
Slide 8
I could hear noises of a woman screaming and suddenly I sat up
in the bed and curled up into a ball because I was so frightened. I
didnt think I would survive the rest of the night. It felt like I
was being tortured all night. I tried to get to sleep but every
time I closed my eyes I could hear a faint scraping on the window
then suddenly the creaky, old bed snapped under me with a deafening
crash. Then everything went black.
Slide 9
I opened my eyes to see that the sun was shining. I could see a
rainbow from outside the window. I got out of the battered bed and
walked downstairs to the old door and opened it to find Ben and
Jack with smiles on their faces.