The Young Chronicle: For 2nd Graders June 6th, 2015 | Página 2

THE CASTLE GHOST
There was a ruined castle near the village where Dimpy and Lucky and lived, and a mysterious ghost
was said to roam among the stone walls, moaning and groaning.
One cold, dark evening Dimpy and Lucky dared each other to go into the castle! They pretended to be
very brave as they climbed the gate into the field where the ruins stood. The walls stood up black and
unfriendly against the sky, and the wind seemed to whisper in all the dark corners.
“Perhaps there isn’t any ghost” said
Dimpy.
“Even if there is,” said Lucky, “I’m not
scared of it.!”
“Not am I” said Dimpy.
“Then why are you shivering” asked
Lucky.
“I’m just cold, that’s all” Dimpy said.
“Besides, you’re shivering too.”
“No, I’m not” said Lucky.
“Yes, you are!” Dimpy persisted.
“No, I’m not…at all!” Lucky shouted.
“Shh!” whispered Dimpy suddenly.
“Listen! I thought I heard footsteps.
”They clutched each other and listened. Sure enough, someone or something was treading heavily on the
grass, just behind the wall where they stood. “It’s the mysterious ghost!” whispered Lucky. “What
shall we do?”
“Stay quite still,” said Dimpy. “It may go away again without seeing us.” Just then, from behind the
wall, came a terrifying sound, like a loud, deep moan. Dimpy and Lucky gasped, and started running,
through the ruins and across the field. They scrambled over the gate and ran and ran, until they fell
at the door of their parents’ cottage.
“What have you two been doing?” asked their mother.
“We were just having a race”, gasped Lucky.
“Well, get yourselves washed, and I’ll give you some tea”, said their mother.
When they were ready for tea, their father came in and said he’d just met Farmer Jagan, bringing
back one of his cows that had strayed into the castle. “Jagan said it was mooing away as if it was really upset.” said their father. “He wondered if it had seen the ghost!”
He laughed. Dimpy and Lucky looked at each other. So that was what they had heard – Jagan’s cow,
tramping about, and then starting to moo. They began to join in the laughter! The mysterious ghost
turned out to be a grass-eating animal after all.