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The Old Haunted House.

Lightning flashed and the first large drops of rain began to fall as I was walking back from school. I was just wondering whether I should catch a taxi when I saw huge house. Every one in the town said it was haunted, but I didn't believe them, besides I was feeling like a bit of an adventure. As I trudged up the creaky steps leading to the house,I felt less and less like having an adventure.To think I could be at home, crunching cookies! I tried to imagine I was at a fairground Haunted House, with pop-up cardboard skeletons, and little plastic bats.But when I opened the door and stared at the dark hallway awaiting me, I was reminded this was all too real... As I was turning to go back home an little old lady started appearing out of the dark dark hallway. She was mumbling a whole heap of words under her breath that I couldn't understand. I started walking towards her.There was something about her that made me want to go up and talk to her.But that changed as she looked up. Her face looked as though it belonged to a witch! It was covered in warts and her eyes were so red and big that they just seamed like they were going to pop out, though there was something holding them back. I wanted to scream and sprint home, but it was like her bloodshot eyes were gluing my shaking feet to the creaky floorboards. I gave a gasp as she started walking towards me, but when I looked into her troubled eyes she looked desperate. Then she started muttering over and over ' Free me!Free me! Free me from this dreaded curse!' I stood there, trembling. Whatever she was talking about, I probably couldn't help her.Or thats what I thought...She looked up at me and all of a sudden fell down on to her knees yelling out" What have I done to you? just free me from this place send the wanted one, Please Please FREE ME!" and then just as quick as it started she snapped out of it like she had been in a trance. After a few minutes she looked deep and hard into my eyes then she asked me whether I would like a cup of tea and a few chocolate cookies. I thought for a second,the rain was still beating hard on the roof I did not want to get wet so, I agreed .As we walked down the dusty dark hallway, I started to regret agreeing to go to tea. ' Um, miss, who is the wanted one?' I asked.Her red eyes stared back at me. ' The wanted one' she whispered' is a kind wizard who is the only person who can free me of this curse his uncle, the dark wizard, cast on me. This ugly hags body I'm in is not my true form, but only at night do I turn back into my beautiful self.' I had so many questions to ask at this point, but she kept talking.' The way I can get freed from this curse is that someone kind enough will agree to marry me if I ask them. Only then will I turn back to my normal self.' ' Um,' I asked,' What's your name?' ' My name is Ezmeralda, child. Here we are, just in time for tea.' 

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