TWIG CHILDREN VISIT A CASTLE

IN THE FOREST NEAR THE TWIGMAN HOME THERE WAS A LARGE OLD HOUSE WHERE NO ONE LIVED. IT HAD BEEN EMPTY MANY YEARS AND LOOKED LIKE A HAUNTED PLACE. THEY CALLED IT PEGLEG'S CASTLE BECAUSE THE MAN WHO BUILT IT AND THE ONLY ONE TO LIVE IN IT HAD ONE WOODEN LEG. THE HOUSE DID LOOK LIKE A CASTLE. PEGLEG DIED IN THE UPSTAIRS OF THE CASTLE MANY YEARS AGO. SOME PEOPLE SAID HIS GHOST WAS STILL THERE IN THAT UPSTAIRS ROOM.

ONE DAY THORNY AND KNOBBY FELT VERY BRAVE AS THEY WALKED BY PEGLEG'S CASTLE. THEY DECIDED TO EXPLORE THE OLD HAUNTED HOUSE. FUZZY WHO WAS WITH THEM DID NOT WANT TO GO NEAR THE OLD HOUSE AND SHE SAID, "I'M SCARED!" KNOBBY SAID JUST WHAT HE ALWAYS SAYS, "YOU'RE ALWAYS SCARED!" THORNY SAID, "GO WITH US OR STAY HERE! DO WHAT YOU WANT! WE ARE GOING IN!" FUZZY WAS MORE AFRAID OF STAYING ALONE THAN SHE WAS OF GOING INTO THE GHOST HOUSE SO SHE WENT WITH HER BROTHERS.

ALL WENT WELL AS THE LOOKED AROUND THE MESS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE WERE SPIDER WEBS AND DUST OVER EVERYTHING BUT THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF A GHOST.
THEY STARTED UP THE STAIRS TO THE SECOND FLOOR. WHEN THEY WERE HALF WAY UP THEY HEARD A KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP! FUZZY THOUGHT THE NOISE MUST BE COMING FROM THE GHOST OF PEGLEG. KNOBBY SAID, "THAT IS SILLY! GHOSTS DO NOT HAVE WOODEN LEGS!" THORNY SAID THE NOISE MUST BE THE WIND BLOWING A LOOSE SHUTTER. THEY WENT ON UP THE STAIRS TO THE UPSTAIRS HALL.

WHEN THEY WERE CREEPING DOWN THE HALL VERY QUIETLY THEY HEARD IT AGAIN, KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP! FUZZY SAID IN A QUIVERING VOICE, "I AM REALLY SCARED NOW!" THORNY STILL THOUGHT THE NOISE WAS A WIND BANGING A SHUTTER. KNOBBY WAS NOT SO SURE.

KNOBBY AND THORNY DECIDED TO LOOK IN THE ROOM WHERE THE KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP WAS LOUDEST. FUZZY WANTED TO RUN AWAY.

THEY OPENED THE DOOR AND A HUGE GHOST WITH A PEGLEG WAS FLOATING TOWARD THEM. AS IT FLOATED TOWARD THEM IT WOULD BANG THE WOODEN LEG ON THE FLOOR, KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP, KERTHUMP, JUST LIKE IT WAS WALKING ON THAT WOODEN LEG.

THORNY, KNOBBY, AND FUZZY RAN DOWN THE STAIRS AND OUT OF THE HOUSE AS FAST AS THEY COULD RUN. FUZZY WHO WAS LITTLEST RAN THE FASTEST BECAUSE SHE WAS THE SCAREDEST. AND YOU CAN BE SURE THE TWIG CHILDREN NEVER WENT INSIDE THE HAUNTED PEGLEG'S CASTLE AGAIN.