What on earth prompted you to bother Grandfather?"
"I just wanted to get away from you," I mumbled. "I didn't know he was in there." I tried to keep my voice from shaking but it quavered anyway. Great-grandfather had frightened me half to death. "From the look on his face, you scared the wits out of him," Dad said. "I wonder who the devil he thought you were."
I shuddered. "Someone he didn't like very much, that's for sure.
"I just wanted to get away from you," I mumbled. "I didn't know he was in there." I tried to keep my voice from shaking but it quavered anyway. Great-grandfather had frightened me half to death. "From the look on his face, you scared the wits out of him," Dad said. "I wonder who the devil he thought you were."
I shuddered. "Someone he didn't like very much, that's for sure.
( Mary Downing Hahn )
[ Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story ]
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