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Don't Sell My House

Life seemed perfect to Mark when the widower (viudo) brought his new bride Lisa home to the lovely two-story (de dos pisos) cottage he had built for his first wife. Things were very happy for about a year, and Mark was very excited when he learned Lisa was expecting twins. The house was rather small for a double addition to the family, so Mark and Lisa put the cottage up for sale and started searching for a bigger house. That’s when the problems began.

Suddenly, the cottage would be filled with the distinctive smell of expensive perfume. The first time Mark smelled it, he turned pale ( empalideció) and told Lisa that it was the scent his dead wife hadliked best. Then furniture that Lisa had rearranged moved back to its original place. The books in Mark’s study were taken out of their categories and put in alphabetical order, the way his former wife had kept them. The ghost of Mark’s first wife had returned to the little cottage. But why now, a full year after he had remarried?

One afternoon, Lisa was down in the basement (sótano) doing laundry while Mark was out front discussing the sale of the cottage with their lawyer. They had just received a generous bid(oferta) on the house and had decided to accept it. When Lisa finished emptying the washing machine, she turned to go back upstairs and saw a young woman floating a foot above the staircase.

“This is my house. Don’t sell my house!” the woman said. Her pretty face transformed with rage ( ira). She shook her fist(puño) at Lisa. Lisa shrieked (dio un alarido), dropped the basket of wet laundry, and ran outside.

Slamming (cerrando de un portazo) the basement door behind her, Lisa locked it and sat down on the lawn, gasping for breath. All at once, the basement door started shaking violently, as if someone were pushing against it.

“Don’t sell my house,” the phantom exclaimed again, shaking the door. “If you sell my house, something terrible will happen to your family! Don’t sell my house!” The roar of a car engine pierced the ghost’s words, as the lawyer said goodbye to Mark and drove away. Immediately, the shaking and pounding ceased, as if the departure of the hated man had momentarily appeased (apaciguado) the ghost.

When Lisa described the ghost, Mark recognized her as his dead wife. Until then, he had forgotten that he promised his first wife that he would never sell the cottage. Mark and Lisa tried to appease the ghost by bringing in a priest to pray over the cottage. But the house continued to be filled with the choking smell of expensive perfume. Lisa was afraid for her unborn babies, living in such a haunted atmosphere. After much discussion, Mark and Lisa decided to defy the phantom and sell the cottage.

On the night following the family’s move, Lisa was struck with a terrible pain in her abdomen. Mark rushed her to the hospital, where she gave birth to the twins, who were stillborn (nacieron muertos). On his way home from the hospital, Mark’s car was struck by a truck, and he was killed instantly. At the same moment, Lisa sat up in her hospital bed, staring at an empty corner of the room. She screamed once in terror at the sight of the phantom floating before her eyes, then she died instantly from a brain aneurism.

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Haunted House

Directions:  Write a scary story about spending the night in this haunted house on Halloween.  What do you see?  What do you hear?  What happens?  How do you feel?  What do you do?

I did not know why I made a bet with my friends whether I could stay in the haunted house or not, so I needed to spend the whole night on sleeping inside. I was so scared that I had never been to the haunted house before. If I did not go to the haunted house , I would lose $100 to my friends. Although I did not believe there are ghosts in the world , I was afraid that I would sleep inside alone.
The wind blew stronger and stronger, the moon was covered by a heavy cloud. I  saw the house was dark inside. I opened the door, walked into the house and wanted to turn on the lights. Suddenly, the door closed itself. Thorugh the moonlight , ash covered the old furniture and I found an old clock still worked.A few minutes later , I walked throughout the house and there was nothing but a lot of wastes in the house. It was silent now, and I could not imagine  how I could stay in here the whole night. Then I wanted to clean the floor so that I could sleep on the floor. I walk into the kitchen and turned on the tap in order to wet the cloth but I found it ran out something like blood instead of the water! I want to leave now! But I  cared about $100 more than the thing that I was doing now. I made up my mind that I must insist until tomorrow morning . I cleaned the floor with closed  eyes, then I lay down on the floor and tried not to think about anything but sleeping. However , I heard someone walking upstairs. Should I go and have a look? I thought. What’s more, I found someone whisper beside me. I could not open my eyes but I really wanted to see whether there was someone beside me or not. The wind blew the window open. It seemed something wanted to come in! I must stay in here until tomorrow! I told myself. Suddenly ,all the thing had gone ,the wind blew my skin, and heard the leaves shaking. I was too scared to think about anything, then I lost my mind and did not know what else was going on.
I woke up and found it was morning and I was so surprised to see my surrounding. I saw I lay on the ruins ! There was no  haunted house !

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