A diFfERenT gHosT
It was getting dark on October 28. Three days before
Halloween night. As the time got later, the “friendly” ghosts
were settling down in the cemetery. All of the ghosts acted
the same, and looked the same. All of them, except one.
George. George was a very different ghost than from the
others. He was larger than the other ones. He was a much
nicer ghost than the others. But most of all, he had a very
different face. His face wasn’t as ghostly as the other ghosts.
His eyes were square, not round and had a smiley face, not a
scary face like everybody else.
George always felt left out because he was very
different, and the ghosts were nice to everybody but him.
They treated him as if he were a jack-o-lantern from another
town. Nobody ever talks to him. It’s as if he were invisible to
all of the ghosts. All because he was different. George always
tried making friends, but everybody just avoided him like he
was a virus. Sometimes, if nobody was looking, he would cry
a little because he hated being different. He was tired of
being alone, avoided, and of course, different. He knew there
was nothing he could do. He couldn’t fit in with anybody. He
tried even harder to make friends, but nobody seemed to be
the same as him. Nobody was as different as him. His
parents had been at another cemetery while this was
happening. He had no one to talk to. He was just a teenage
ghost, and he was already struggling. It was the next day,
and it was night time. Of course, George had nothing to do
but suffer being alone. His parents were coming back today.
He would finally have people to talk to about his situation.
When his parents finally got there, he floated to them
as fast as he could as if he had super speed. He was really
happy to see them. As soon as they finished their little happy
greet, George started talking to them right away. After about
15 seconds of talking, George’s parents got really angry. They
couldn’t believe that their own ghost was going through this.
His parents told him that he should ask people why they
wouldn’t hang out with him, but George already knew the
answer. The harder it got for George, the more he wanted to
just leave. But deep down, he knew that it wasn’t the right
thing to do, and that he should try and do something about
it. After thinking about what he should do, he
decided that the first thing would be to try really hard to
start a conversation with some ghosts, and hopefully become
friends with those ghosts. He knew that there had to be some
ghosts that would talk to him.
By: Kaylie V.
Staff Member, Grade 7
He waited a while before he would go
out. After waiting, he saw a group of ghosts that
he thought he should start a conversation with.
He floated up to them and introduced himself.
Everybody else in the group said hello to George.
George tried to start and actual conversation by
saying how excited he was for Halloween.
Everybody else said the same thing. George
started to say that he doesn’t like to really scare
the kids, but give them a little bit more of a
small spook. The ghosts in the group definitely
agreed with him. One of the ghosts had said how
they like to see the trick-or-treaters smiling.
George and the rest of them had said how they
like that too.
George noticed that the ghosts and
himself had a lot of things in common. Since it
wasn’t official, he knew he had to do something;
make it official being friends. So he asked the
group if they would consider him a friend, and
George was so happy at their response. They
said yes! George had finally gotten what he
wanted: friends and happiness. He hadn’t been
this excited for a while. His new friends didn’t
care that he was different from them. That’s
what they loved about him, that he was
different. They thought that is being different is
what made him unique.
George has turned out to be a very happy
ghost since he has new friends. He loves being
able to have real, nice conversations with ghosts
who don’t think he should be avoided. Because
George is different, that is the reason he was
able to make friends. George learned that being
like everybody else is boring and simple. But
being different is fun and unique. He no longer
wants to be the same as everyone.
If you are different, don’t try to fit in.
stay the way you are, and you will find the right
friends, just like George the ghost!
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