Is this what you were talking about?

by Sophie Kim
(Toronto, Ontario)

Once there was two sisters named Sally and Molly.
Sally and Molly were complete opposites.

Sally was scared of everything and she never played tricks on people because she was scared of getting in trouble. Molly was brave and outgoing, and playing tricks on people, was her favourite hobby.

One day, Molly wanted to play a trick on Sally. Since she could be scared so easily she decided to play a scary trick.

"Hey sally," Molly said to her one night,"Want to hear something scary?"

Sally, who was tired of her sister making fun of her, built up her courage and said,"What?"

"I heard that if you throw a pen behind you and you dont hear it hit the ground, it's because a spirit of a dead person caught it." Molly said.

Sally shook with fear.

Molly said,"I dare you to do it!"

Sally shook her head. "I don't want to." She said.

Molly went to her desk and got a pen. "C'mon Sally you have to do it. I dared you."

So Molly handed Sally the pen and Sally threw it behind her. Molly quickly ran behind her sister and caught it. Sally screamed, thinking it really was a spirit that caught it, and she died of fright.

The next day~

Molly went up to her room and played with the pen that Sally had threw. She knew it was her fault that Sally was dead. Molly stroked the silver pen and threw it behind her just as Sally did.

She expected to hear the CLANK of the pen hitting the ground but she didn't. Molly, who was usually brave, shook with fear. She slowly turned around...

"Hey Molly," The spirit of Sally said holding the pen in her hand,
"Is this what you were talking about?"