Yusuf and Yusra's Spooky Dilemma by A. Dawood

Author:A. Dawood [Dawood, A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shaherazad Shelves

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LOATHSOME LIE

“Yusra! Phone call! It’s Amanda,” Mama said.

Yusra took Mama’s phone and held it to her ears. “Hi, Amanda!”

“Yusra, ohmygosh guess what? I have the funniest, scaretastic pranks planned for tomorrow! You’re going to help me, right?”

“Um…I’m probably not—”

“My mom’s also baking her famous cookies,” Amanda interrupted Yusra. “We had so much fun shaping them into jack-o-lanterns and bats. Even cute black cats.”

“Well, save me some cookies because I won’t be coming tomorrow,” Yusra said, trying to keep her voice from sounding glum. “But I have some good news too!”

“What, what?”

“My dad bought me those beautiful wings!”

There was quiet on the other end.

“Amanda? Hello? Are you there?”

“Yusra,” Amanda whispered.

“Why are you whispering?” Yusra asked. “We’re on the phone.”

“You. Have. To. Come. To. School. With your wings! It’ll be so much fun! You’re my best friend, and I can’t have fun at the party without you there tomorrow.”

Yusra’s heart started to thump-thump-thump.

“Amanda, my parents won’t let me bring the wings to school. My dad said he got it for me but not for Halloween.”

“It’s okay! You’re not really celebrating Halloween. It’s not serious. It’s just for fun. You told them we have a quiz tomorrow, like how I told you, right?”

"Yeah, I told my dad in the car.”

“Great! So, they’ll let you come to school and tell them I asked to borrow the wings because my costume didn’t come on time.”

Yusra finally hung up after promising Amanda she’ll think about it.

After dinner, Yusra lay in bed, tossing and turning. Amanda’s voice echoed in her mind. Yusra looked at her wings shining in the moonlight. She sighed and closed her eyes.

That night Yusra dreamt about a classroom full of skeletons laughing at her.

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