G4 Readwork W9 Amy’s Halloween Secret

it was almost October 31st and Amy was excited Halloween was her favorite day of the year she found it more fun than Christmas because she got so many more presents in the form of candy and she also found it more fun than her birthday because on Halloween everyone dressed up and had a party not just Amy Amy was also excited because she had just moved to Brooklyn in New York City her mother had been hired as an English professor at a nearby University so Amy her mom and her dad had packed up their things in St Louis Missouri and move their lives to the east coast Amy had heard a lot of things about New York City and wondered what Halloween in Brooklyn was like did the kids dress up and go trick or treating like they did in St Louis did parents hand out candy or did they only have healthy treats what kind of cost cumes did people wear Amy was impatient to find out thank goodness it was already October 29th on the 31st Amy rushed home from school and found her costume laid out on her bed all ready to wear her mom had stayed up late the night before working on it now it was ready and it looked perfect Amy loved the Winnie the Pooh stories and this year she was going to be tiger the bouncy happy tiger her mom had found the perfect orange and black fabric for her costume which also matched with the orange and black colors of Halloween after Amy's mom had painted whiskers on Amy's face the two of them set off to explore the neighborhood Amy's mom had cleverly sewn a pouch into the tiger costume where Amy could store her candy they went around her block and then ended up near e park where a lot of kids were playing in their Halloween costumes a small house stood at the center of the park Amy wanted to go closer and investigate a plaque next to the house said this was the Old Stone House built in 1699 that's more than 300 years ago Amy said to her mother does anyone live there now it's Halloween her mother said I think we should knock on the door and find out Amy was a little nervous so she held on to her mother's hand as they walked up to the door they knocked no response Amy tried again this time more loudly she thought she heard voices inside children's voices Amy tried pushing the door open and was startled when it moved why wasn't the house locked who was inside it still clutching her mother's hand Amy began exploring hello she called out and anybody home silence trick or treat she tried Amy and her mother walked all around the house upstairs and downstairs it was dark and there were no light switches it was hard to make out much detail but Amy could imagine that a family had lived there 300 years before there was clearly no candy to be had so they decided to leave right as Amy was shutting the door she swore she saw a little girl very pale run past her in the living room come back soon the girl whispered to Amy which gave Amy the chills what's wrong her mother asked her oh nothing Amy said she decided that the ghost girl in the Old Stone House would be her Halloween Secret