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Short Story: Summerford Farms Haunted House

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Forgotten Loser, Hand Me Down, Cheap Shot, Rat, That Guy, Nerd. Kids throw names at me faster than lightning strikes trees. A good student can be another’s nightmare. Anyway, my life is a snow storm, people melting me down to puddles and others building me up. I had friends once. Now, here I am, wishing on every wishbone for a true friend. In second grade people loved me for who I was. My freckles, cheap shoes, and pointy ears didn’t change how I was thought about. If I wanted to, the cool kids would let me play with them. But, in middle school it all changed. Kids found other friends and left me behind in the dust with my old clothes. “Hurry up kiddo, the bus will be here in three minutes,” Mom said. “What ever,” I mumbled. I …show more content…

That was the best I have heard pretty much the whole entire day. I don’t expect for people to jump out of a building for me, a simple “Hi how are you?” Will do. “You excited for the haunted house tomorrow?” Dad asked. I had forgotten all about it. We are going to Summerford Farms Haunted House, what is said to be the spookiest haunted house of all. Dad is nuts about Halloween. He is always “Yeah! I can’t wait,” I lied to him. If I said I wasn’t he would have been heart broken. When I go there, all the spooky monsters remind me of myself. The werewolves’ clothes look like mine and how they have ripped over time and shrunk. Frankenstein's spokes look like my ears and how they stick out and make me look strange. I decided to hop into my bed and read some more Harry Potter. As I read the words got harder and harder to see. Eventually I got so exhausted as I read, my eyes clamped shut. “Justin wake up, we're going to be late if you don’t hurry.” There was only one person in my family who was worried about missing the Halloween festival… Dad. I threw some clothes on, and a hat so people didn’t see my bed head. I went down the stairs, and into the kitchen. The closer I got the better the smell

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