The Ghost in the Tree House by Dori Hillestad Butler

Author:Dori Hillestad Butler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2016-03-14T09:56:19+00:00

She banged the back door open. “Guess what?” she said breathlessly. “The ghost is back!”

I told you!” Henry said. “I told you I saw a ghost in the tree house last night. And I told you I heard a ghost in our house!”

“There’s no such thing as ghosts,” Henry’s dad said as he turned a page in his newspaper.

“No one ever believes me,” Henry grumbled.

“I believe you,” Margaret said. “I’ve seen a ghost in the tree house, too. I didn’t see it last night, but I believe you saw it. It tracked in mud and messed up the pillows. That’s how I know it was there last night.”

Henry shifted in his seat a little.

“Wait. Ghosts don’t track in mud,” Kaz said. “We don’t walk on the ground, so our feet don’t ever get muddy.”

But Kaz and Little John and Pops had all seen the ghost glowing in the tree house during the night, too.

“Maybe you girls tracked in the mud yourselves when you were in there yesterday afternoon,” Margaret’s mom suggested.

“We didn’t,” Margaret said. “I know we didn’t because the ground was dry yesterday afternoon. It didn’t rain until last night.”

“Maybe someone went in after it started raining?” Dad suggested.

“How would they have gotten in? The door is locked!” Margaret said.

“Ghosts can walk through walls,” Henry said.

“Maybe you didn’t lock the door. Or maybe someone figured out the combination,” Mom said.

“No one knows the combination except people in this family and Kenya and Olivia,” Margaret said.

Henry bit his lip.

“Okay, kids. Time to get ready for school,” Dad said.

They all got up from the table and went to gather their things.

When no one else was looking, Kaz saw Henry kick a pair of shoes under the bench by the back door. Then Henry sat down and put on a different pair of shoes.

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