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My Friend and the Weird House Lyvia Johnson
My Friend and the Weird House
My name is Jessie. When I was 6 years old, I was walking home from school and I saw this weird house. It looked creepy to me. It almost looked like an over-flowed dumpster. It was a mess. I finished walking home.
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Later, I walked back to that house. First, I knocked on the door to see if anyone lived there. No answer. So I walked in because it was unlocked. As I walked in, it smelled like my 50-year-old dad's breath. It was bad. I thought in my head that it wasn’t going to smell that bad, but it did. In the house, there was a table. On the table there sat bills. On the bills there was a name. I think they were the owner’s bills. The bills were old and brown, so I thought the owner died. The name was Jack Lown.
I just kept walking into the house. I walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge thinking that there was only going to be old, rotten food. Instead, there were a couple open and a couple closed cans of Coca Cola. But some of them had exploded, so it smelled like if you mixed cherry Coca Cola and hot sauce. Not good. I went to the freezer to see what was in there, and right then I heard a weird creaky noise from one of the bedrooms. I didn’t really think anything of it, so I opened door to the freezer and there were Eggo waffles. I put them back in the freezer and closed it.
I kept walking. I actually walked into the bedroom where I heard that creaky noise. I looked all around for that object, person, or creature that made that noise. I didn’t find a single movement or thing. I kept walking. I walked into the bathroom and as I was walking, I heard a knock. The knock sounded like the FBI banging on your front door. It was loud.
I thought it was a cop knocking at the door telling me that I'm not supposed to be here, but it wasn’t. It was my best friend. I was relieved, so thankful that it wasn’t anyone else besides my bestie.
‘’Liz?’’ I asked.
To Be Continued…
Lyvia Johnson, Grade 4 Roseau Elementary School, Roseau Teaching Artist: Stephen Peters
