Teacher: Melanie

The Mysterious Summer Night

One hot summer night, I looked out my window and saw my neighbor’s house. I noticed that all the lights in the house were off. I went to see what was wrong.  I knocked on the front door, but no one answered. The door was unlocked, so I went inside. Suddenly, I heard a mysterious sound. It was coming from the bedroom. I went to investigate and when I opened the door, I saw a mysterious shadow. I tried to see who it was. I went into the room, but no one was there. I went downstairs and saw three shadows heading to the garage. I followed them and that’s when I met a skeleton ghost, a mummy, and a zombie. I ran back to my house and locked the door.

I went to go to sleep, but my bed was in my backyard. I went outside and moved my bed into the living room. I put a trillion blankets on my bed to hide under when I was scared. Then, I heard a knock on my door. I saw a shadow and heard a voice. I looked outside my window and saw it was a zombie. I decided to open the door and talk to the zombie. I wanted to ask him to go away.

When I opened the door, I saw a present in the zombie’s hands. He said, “Let’s be friends,” and he gave me the present. It was a big picture frame, with a picture of us together that he drew.  I loved it! From that moment on we were friends forever. I am no longer scared of goblins or scary sounds.

The End.

Discussion questions:

Retell the story.

1. Why did she go to her neighbor's house?

2. Who did she find there?

3. How did she try to escape from the zombie?

4. What happened in the end?

5. Have you ever met any zombies or ghosts? 

6. Are you scared of anything? What are you scared of?