A Haunting Collection by Mary Downing Hahn by Mary Downing Hahn
Author:Mary Downing Hahn
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780547880839
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011-10-20T00:00:00+00:00
8
âHOW DO YOU explain it, Michael?â I asked him later. We were sitting at the kitchen table, drinking mugs of hot chocolate, still trying to get warm. Although Iâd made a cup for Heather, sheâd taken hers out to the carriage house.
âItâs just a fantasy, Molly. Lots of kids have imaginary friends. Donât you remember Mr. Maypo?â
âHow could I forget? Every time you did something bad, you blamed it on Mr. Maypo. Mom and I were both glad when he left for Timbuctoo.â I took another sip of hot chocolate. âBut this is different, Michael. You were only three when you had Mr. Maypo. Heatherâs seven. Itâs just not normal.â
âWell, sheâs not normal. You know that, and I know that, but Mom and Dave just wonât admit it.â Michael looked into his mug. âUgh. Skin. I hate it when my hot chocolate gets skin on it!â
While he skimmed the surface of his hot chocolate with a spoon, I sipped mine thoughtfully. âBut Michael,â I said slowly, âsuppose sheâs not making it up. Suppose Helen is real.â
âOh, Molly, honestly.â Michael looked disgusted. âGhosts do not exist. The kid is lying, and youâre encouraging her. Canât you see? Sheâs littler than we are, and she wants to make us think sheâs got some supernatural friend whoâll beat us up or something if weâre mean to her. Itâs so obvious; any idiot should be able to figure it out.â
âThanks a lot!â I felt my face turn red. âIâm not an idiot. If anybody is, you are!â I jumped up and went to the sink to rinse my cup.
âHey, Iâm sorry,â Michael mumbled. âIâm just tired of hearing all this ghost talk.â
âMaybe I have some kind of sixth sense that you donât have,â I said. âDid you ever think of that?â I frowned at him, not ready to forgive him for calling me an idiot.
He shrugged. âSuppose we ride our bikes into Holwell and go to the library? I bet they have a book or something that would tell us all about that old house. Once you see that nobody named Helen Elizabeth Harper ever lived there, maybe youâll realize what a liar Heather is.â
âDo you want to go right now?â I squinted at the sky, trying to decide if it was going to rain any more today.
âSure. I think weâve had our thirty percent shower, donât you?â
We got our bikes out from under the porch and rode down Clark Road toward town. It was a long way, and I was glad the rain had cooled things off. On a hot day, I would never have made it up some of the hills between our house and Holwell.
We found the library on a quiet street near the park and locked our bikes. Inside it was small and friendly, more like a living room in somebodyâs house than a library. Except for all the books, of course. There were hundreds of them, jammed into shelves lining the walls and forming alcoves near the windows.
âCan I help you find something?â a woman asked as I began riffling through the card catalogue.
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