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FOR SALE.
Kim goes to the door of the house and knocks. Her hands tremble as
she waits. In a minute the door opens. And there in the doorway stands
a little, old man with white hair and a white beard! The same as in her
dream! Her whole body shakes.
When the old man sees Kim, his eyes open wide, and he immediately
closes the door.
“Oh, don’t close the door!” cries Kim. “Please! I have to talk to you.”
The man opens the door a little and looks at her. “What do you want
here?” he asks. “Why don’t you go away?”
Kim doesn’t know what to say. But she does want to talk to him. “ I–I
see–I see that this house is for sale,” she stammers.
“Yes it is. But I am sure you don’t want to buy it!”
“Why do you say that?”
“Because–uh–because a ghost haunts this house.”
“A ghost haunts this pretty, little house?”
“Yes, it comes almost every night now.”
Kim tries hard to think of something to say. “Do–uh–do you know who
the ghost is? She stammers.
“Yes, I do now.”
“Who is it?”
In a loud whisper he exclaims, “It’s you!” Then he closes the door.
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