 THE HAUNTED HOUSE

Thankfully no one lost their temper. When the unknown man turned around, it was revealed who he was. He was the GRANDFATHER . This frightened them all, as the GRANDFATHER could not be alive, since he was 99 years old when he died and have passed 100 years since then. And yet he was the GRANDFATHER whose name was Casey. Casey approached them and said, crying out: “YES, SO KILL ME, YES I AM THE GRANDFATHER, THE GRANDFATHER WHO DIED 100 YEARS AGO, I ADMIT IT”. Lena straight away asked him what he was doing in the attic, how was he still alive and why he asked them to kill him. He said something that no one would expect. His words were exactly these: “The attic is my home, I got old here. The truth is, I don't know why I am still alive, maybe because my soul is very tormented”.&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So, you understand what day it is today. Today is April the 19th. By the night everything went smoothly. But things started to look different as long as the night reached. Suddenly, a downpour of rain started, like the one on the nineteenth of April 1954. But no one paid any attention. At eleven and a quarter precisely, a loud click was heard from the living room. The whole family went down to see what was happening, but as Saldi tried to open the door a second click came from the kitchen. Immediately everyone went to see what was happening in the kitchen without opening the living room’s door. But the exact same unexplained noise has been heard again, but this time from the dining room. They didn't pay any attention any more, as they thought something was going to stop them again. So, Saldi opened the door and found something horrifying. It was a framed picture of an unknown man and a note that wrote: “YES I AM”. They all wondered.

And Lena asked him again, "But why do you want us to kill you?”. He responded: “I used to live in this house myself and my grandson, Lin. He didn't care about me at all. I mean, he didn’t give me any food, he let me sleep on the floor, while he was taking all my money, without even asking. And all this until the April 19th, 1954, when I went to the storage room where you have been before and pretended of being dead. If I was really dead, you would probably find me one day here, but for sure not alive. So, from then until today I am hiding here without food and water. That was why I begged you to kill me”.&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Once upon a time there was the Jones family, consisting of two parents Lena and Saldi and two children 13 and 15 years old. They lived in a large house, a multi-storey building, entire for them. On the first floor were the kitchen and the bathroom, on the second floor living and the dining rooms, on the third the bedroom of the two parents and on the fourth the bedroom of Mila and James who was the oldest. But as we know the Jones family was not rich at all, but it didn’t take so much money to get this million-dollar house. The answer follows...

The very next day they asked everybody if he knew the man in the picture, but nobody recognised him. Afterwards, they visited the famous library of spirits, which had books with ghosts and haunted houses. There, they found a book that said: “YES I AM”. Without a second thought, James grabbed the book. He accidentally opened a page and saw the photo of the man in the picture. Despite the fact that the letters were not clear Milla was able to read the following words: “I AM THE GRANDFATHER”. All members of the family immediately figured out who was the GRANDFATHER, he was the GRANDFATHER of the first owner of the villa. Everyone got into thoughts. Who could put the picture in the kitchen? for what purpose? what does he want from them? Sally and James stayed awake every night to find out who was getting into their home without understanding him or her. It had been about a year and nothing had happened. So, father and son realised that there was no reason to stay up every night. The very first night they didn't stay awake, an terrible thing happened. Initially parents and children went to bed. A short time later (at midnight) they woke up by the bell. Yeah, you listened well, at midnight. Lena opened the door and found a letter saying: “GET ME OUT AND I WILL REVEAL THE WHOLE TRUTH TO YOU”.

James told Casey to stay with them, as long as all others would agree and actually, they did so. Since then everyone lived peacefully until a loud wake-up scream was heard. Little Anna opened her eyes dazed. She saw her mom, talking to her and asking if she was okay after her deep sleep. That was the time when Anna and you realized that all this was nothing but a dream, ANNA’s DREAM.

Saldi with bravery tried to open one by one the storage rooms and the 8th one opened. Dust came out of the storage room and the only thing inside was an old vase.&nbsp;Lena took the vase and while she was trying to see what was in it, it fell down and another key appeared with the same address written on it. Mila discovered that there was a tiny door in the storage room that had an attic sign. No one knew that the house had an attic. With the key they had found (the second one), they opened the door to the attic and saw the back side of a probably very old man.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;It's time to tell you this story. Well, on April 19, 1954 the grandfather of the first owner of the villa died. That night, around midnight, the rest of the family heard voices between the second and third floors, so they went down to see what had happened but they didn’t see anything. As time went on the voices became louder and louder. The voices and the fact that there was a very heavy rain made them fear and leave the house for ever.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inside the letter there was a key which had written on Amila 132. This was their address. After some thoughts, they decided to try if the key could open one of the sixteen storage rooms that had been locked for long time. In fact, it is well known, that the last who opened one of these storage rooms was the GRANDFATHER and he died.

Since then, none has learned exactly what happened to the homeowners or what eventually happened on the voices that had been heard. Rumors say the house was and is haunted. Let's go back to the present. It's been ten years since the Jones family moved into this ”haunted“ house and nothing has happened. But every year, on this day, all family members are anxious.

A mystery story inspired by etwinning project Once upon a time....

1st Junior High School of Byron, Athens Teacher: Vasiliki Papaioannou

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