In Our Words Canadians Reading Together

So the kids decided they would stay all night at the castle. They went upstairs and the girls went in one room and the boys went into another room. Around 3 a.m. the girls woke up. They heard music playing. They went over and knocked on the boys’ door and asked them if they heard the music playing downstairs.

The boys said, “Yes.”

So the kids went down the winding staircase to the room they heard the music coming form. It was the big ballroom. When Johnny opened up the door they were surprised to see that nobody was there. The kids looked around and Peter found a loose brick on the fireplace. He pushed the brick and the fireplace turned around. The kids were in a long, gloomy hallway. They walked down the hallway until they came to an old stone bolted door. Johnny opened the door and they walked in. They found that it must have been a dungeon at one time. On the walls there were chains hanging. Long ago there must have been prisoners fastened to the walls. The kids came back out into the hallway and found another door. When Peter opened the door they saw a shadow disappear through another door. So they followed the shadow through the door and it led into the kitchen. They didn’t see the shadow but there was food missing off the table. The kids decided they would play a trick on whoever it was. They went out of the kitchen and left the door open a crack. The kids stood quietly outside the door. They saw the shadow again. It was a little boy that came from the closet. He sat down at the table and then the kids came in and the boy started to run.

Lizzy said, “ Don’t run; we won’t hurt you.”

So he stopped. Johnny asked, “What is your name?”

“My name is Albert.” Della asked Albert, “Why are you here all alone?”

Albert said, “I got no place to live since my parents died. So I found this castle and stayed here.”

The kids turned around and walked to the table and when they went to talk to Albert he was gone. They thought it was strange that he disappeared. So—was he a ghost? As of today, they still wonder what happened to Albert.