THE SIX PINKLEY cousins stood in the hushed darkness
beyond Old Barnacle Bridge waiting for the Halloween
Ghost Walk to begin. One by one, each kid would enter
the covered bridge, alone. No one knew what would happen
in there on the way to the other end.
“I hate dark shadowy places,” Doodlebug Pinkley said,
shuffling nervously.
His sister Dandelion shivered. “The dark doesn’t scare
me, but there could be hideous spiders in that old Barnacle
Bridge. Some could even drop into your hair!”
Cousin Punky scoffed. “No Ghost Walk’s gonna faze
me!” he bragged. The twins,Moand Bo, stoodtogetherG lklk
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dragging my feet.Some big black birds saw it happen
and cackled—laughed in a harsh
and noisy way.
Howrude!