The Halloween Wish

By Gayle Raimbault

Every Halloween a witch, with strange magical powers appears at the old deserted farmhouse. There are rumors of ghosts, creepy monsters, strange shadows roaming about the yard and screams coming from the barn. Jody, Pat, and Andy want to know if these tales are true and decide to go to the haunted farm on Halloween night. They are about to have the adventure of their lives

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gayle Raimbault
• Release date: Oct 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310021800

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The Halloween Wish

Gayle Raimbault

Smashwords Edition

Copyright © Gayle Raimbault 1992

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Copyright © Gayle Raimbault 1992

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Disclaimer:

This work is 100% fiction. All scenes and events within these pages have been an invention of the author's imagination, and to his knowledge never occurred in reality. Any resemblance to the reader's own experiences is purely coincidental. All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.

I would like to thank my 9 year old granddaughter, Hannah Raimbault, for her help with the illustrations.

Contents

Prologue

1. The Plan

2. The Witch

3. Preparations

4. The Investigation

5. Singing Pumpkins

6. Laugh Your Fears Away

7. Sparkly Dust

8. The Witch’s House

9. The Barn

10. The Surprise

11. The Wish

12. Was It a Dream?

13. The Discovery

PROLOGE

SPRINGVIEW is a quiet, Midwestern town. It has the usual number of streets, houses, churches, stores and farms that most small, rural towns have. A matter of fact, if you were to visit Springview, you would think it was just like any other town; and it is, except for one thing: Springview has a secret. . .

At the end of town, just a little north of Poplar Drive, an old dirt road winds through the Halley’s cornfield and leads to an old, abandoned farmhouse known as the haunted mansion. The house rests on a hill. It looks cold and forbidding. The paint is faded, the shutters hang loose, and it is covered with prickly vines. The yard is overgrown with weeds; and, bramble bushes cling to the old picket fence that is barely standing.

No one knows who the house belongs to, but they do know it is haunted. There are rumors of ghosts, creepy monsters and a witch that lives at the house. No one dares to go near the place. No one that is, until three kids living on Poplar Drive decide to.

First, there is Jody Thompson who is eleven. He has red hair and green eyes. He loves football, biking and stamp collecting. He is always full of mischief. Whenever he gets together with his two best friends, Patricia Stevens and Andy Gonahe, he usually does something that gets everyone in trouble.

Then, there is ten year old Patricia Stevens. She is tall and thin. She has dark brown hair and brown eyes. She likes ballet, reading, and acting. She is