Scary Stories For Kids – Haunted House
The Haunted Haunted House
by Roberta Tracy
From behind torn lace curtains, the creature watched the sun sink towards the horizon. Another day over and nothing had changed. His life had become an endless war with an army of evil spirits who made his waking hours a living nightmare.
He rubbed his leathery shoulder. Oh to be bigger and braver, he wished, and, most of all, not alone.
When the stars came out, his legs began to stiffen. He blew out the flame in the hurricane lamp and plodded up the stairs. By the time he reached the top, his arms could barely move. Painfully, he crawled through an attic window and rolled to the edge of the roof to give one last look at the fence and forest. Somewhere out there must be the town of Pine Valley he had dreamed about but never visited. With a huge sigh, the creature sat up, hugged his knees and turned to stone.
