sudden Jennie and Lori yelled at the
top of their lungs. The yell startled the creatures into silence.
Jennie then said, “We are skinny because we have not eaten in such
a long time. Where we come from all the best food has been eaten
and we have come to look for more. We have two heads because two
heads are better than one and we have four eyes so we can see what
we are eating and watch what will be eaten next.” As they said
this, the girls stared at the creatures as hard and mean looking as
possible.
The two headed Nicren looked bewildered at
the girls and then asked, “What is this best food of yours?”
The girls turned their heads and body in
unison so as to look at every creature encircling them. Then Jennie
in a loud voice said, “Our favorite food is Grizzle and Grazzle
feet.” As Jennie said this they looked down at the creatures’ feet
and started to drool.
You could have cut the silence with a knife.
The Grizzle tried to look at the Grazzle while they slowly started
to back up. The two headed Nicren sheepishly said, “You know that
the feet of the one headed Nicren tastes a lot better than the feet
of the two headed Nicren,” as he too began to back up.
Suddenly, the girls yelled loudly and sprang
together toward the two headed Nicren. You would not believe how
fast that long haired, big footed creature could turn and run as it
let out a terrified scream. At the site of this, the rest of the
Nicren turned and ran into the dark mist just as fast as their big
feet would allow.
The two girls snickered and gave each other a
high five and continued on their journey through the woods, never
seeing another Nicren.
Jennie and Lori found the passageway home the
next day and they always went together whenever they went into the
woods again.
*****
Chapter 25 - The Old Lady
F rank’s house sat
across the street from the park. Frank, who was retired, liked to
sit on his front porch and watch all the people in the park. Day
after day he saw an old lady sitting on the same park bench reading
a book.
As the days rolled by, Frank became more and
more interested in the old lady and what she was reading. Whatever
it was, it must be very interesting.
Frank liked to read and, not being a spring
chicken himself, he thought that maybe he could relieve some
boredom and make a friend.
He worked up the courage and got up off his
porch swing, walked across the road into the park and sat down on
the bench next to the old lady. She didn’t look up, but just kept
reading that interesting looking book.
After a few minutes, Frank asked the old
lady, “What are you reading?” Without looking up, the old lady said
that it was a book of ghost stories. Frank paused for a minute, but
wanting to continue the conversation said, “I wish I could believe
in ghosts.” The old lady looked up from her book and stared at
Frank with sunken pale eyes and said, “Oh really? You don’t believe
in ghosts?” Suddenly, the old lady vanished in front of Frank’s
eyes leaving nothing behind except for the book on ghosts. NOW YOU
HAVE IT.
Be careful what you wish for, you might just
get it!
*****
Chapter 26 - A few parting thoughts
I f your campfire
story telling session needs some tension relief at the end,
especially for the younger listener, than I have found that a few
ghost jokes do the trick. The following jokes are a few of my
favorites. Use them and have your scary story session end with a
laugh or two.
Why are ghosts bad at telling lies?
Because you can see right through them!
Why was the ghost afraid to cross the
road?
Because he had no guts!
Why don’t ghosts ever go out on the town?
Because they have no body to go out with!
What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
Boo Boos
What does a child ghost call its parents?
Mummy and Deadly
Who did the ghost invite to his party?
Anybody he could dig
T. C. Blue
Brynna Curry
Kyle Mills
Catrin Collier
Courtney B. Jones
Liz Lee
Sally Green
Katherine Kingsley
Tom Engelhardt
Rebecca Forster