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Chapter 1

Molly and Michael were brother and sister. Their mom had just married a man named Dave. Dave had a daughter named Heather.

Mom

Michael

Dad and Heather

Molly

Heather was mean to Michael and Molly. Molly tried to be a nice sister to Heather, but it never worked. Heather always tried to get Molly and Michael in trouble.

Mom and Dave said Heather was just very sad because her mother died a long time ago. Her mother died in a house fire. Mom and Dave told Michael and Molly to be extra nice to Heather.

The family lived in Baltimore, Maryland.

One day, Mom told Molly and Michael that the family was moving to the countryside. Mom said the new house was really an old church. Molly was doodling in her notebook,

but stopped and frowned about this. Michael was mad, too.

Mom and Dave were artists and liked to paint. She was happy to move to the country so she could paint pictures

with Dave. But Molly and Michael refused to be happy about moving far away and living in a church.

Molly and Michael did not want to move to the church with Heather. They knew that Heather felt the misery of

her mother dying, but they still worried that she would be mean to them.

Chapter 2

On the first day of living in the church out in the country,Mom made Molly watch Heather while the adults unpacked their moving boxes.

Molly and Heather went for a walk in the woods.They found a creek and walked along by the water.

After a while, Molly and Heather came to a fence. There was a sign with the words “No Trespassing” on it.

They saw a graveyard on the other side of the fence.

Molly was scared and Heather teased her. Molly ran home.

Chapter 3That night, the family went for a walk Everyone wantedto see the graveyard. They looked at all of the tombstones to learn about the people who were buriedthere.

Chapter 4The next day, Molly, Michael, and Heather went back to

the graveyard. They found a new tombstone. They had not seen it the night before. It was alone under a tree.

The tombstone read:

H.E.H.March 7, 1879 – August 8, 1886

Those were also Heather’s initials! The person on the tombstone was also the same age as Heather when they

died.

Chapter 5For the next few days, Molly saw Heather visiting thegraveyard a lot. Heather sat by the little tombstone withand talked to it like she was talking to another person.

Molly was scared that Heather was talking to a ghost!

Molly tried to tell Mom and Michael that the graveyard was haunted, but they didn’t believe her.

Chapter 6Heather started having bad dreams at night. She would wake up screaming in her bed. It scared Molly. Molly decided to visit the graveyard again.

Molly walked by the creek and found the old tombstone with “H.E.H.” on it. It made Molly think about the person who was buried there. They had died almost 100 years

ago.

Molly kept walking and came upon the ruins of an old stone house. It looked like it had burned down a long

time ago. There was a pond close to the house.

While Molly was looking at the house, she saw Heather hiding there. They argued because Heather was mad that

Molly found her.

Chapter 7Heather said that a girl named Helen used to live in the old stone house. She said that Helen was a ghost who wanted to be her friend. Molly was scared. Michael still did not believe that there was a ghost.

Molly was sure that Heather was telling the truth about Helen the ghost. She made Michael come to the old house by the pond. When they got there, they saw

Heather by the pond.

Heather said she was waiting for her friend, Helen.Helen was the ghost. Heather said Helen was going to

take her away from her mean brother and sister Michael and Molly.

Chapter 8Michael and Molly went to the library to learn more about the old ruined house they saw.

At the library, Michael and Molly found a book about the house. The learned that it burned down in 1886, the

same day that Helen died! Michael and Molly realized that Heather and Helen’s mothers both burned in a

ghastly house fire.

Chapter 9Molly was scared for Heather. Mom was mad with Molly for not watching Heather and making sure she stayed near the house. But Heather kept visiting the old house and the pond.

Molly followed Heather to the house and watched her. Soon, she saw the ghost of Helen appear! Helen wanted

to lure Heather down to the pond. Molly was scared! What if Helen made Heather drown?

It began to storm. Helen was calling Heather to come into the pond. Molly fought with Heather to keep her out of the water. If Heather drowned and died in the pond, she

would become a ghost with Helen!

After a long struggle, Molly pulled Heather from the pond and Helen vanished. She was gone. Heather and Molly

were safe. They walked to the old ruined house to get dry.

Chapter 10Molly and Heather walked on the old house floors, and suddenly heard a creaky sound. Next, the floor cracked and broke – and Molly and Heather feel through the floor!

They landed on a dirt floor. It was like a basement. They found bones and two skulls. They were the bones of Helen’s parents! They must have been trapped in the

house fire that killed Helen.

In a moment, the ghost of Helen’s mother appeared in the dark basement. Helen appeared, too. The ghosts

hugged each other and vanished again with a bright flash of light. Molly and Heather knew the trouble was over.

Even though Molly and Heather did not get along, they suddenly felt like friends. Molly was happy that Heather was safe and Heather was happy that Molly cared about her. They went home to their family and there were no

more ghosts in their lives again.

THE END!