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tribune october 31 1990 pll m and me ymv uf our eie mentary school students was most entertaining here for your entertain- trie too grades 4 tand ijand senior grades 7 and 8 cat egories as well as one hon orable mention we couldnt ignore all the entries were well and selecting iost two was a hard task indeed the nosey little girl by allison bullock grade 5 summitview public school the wind was howling through the cracked walls of the old house the moonlight casting wicked shadows on the walls made the tree limbs look like long bony fingers suddenly the creaky iron door of the house flew open and there it was the nosey little girl she walked in and went into a big room she looked at the old painting on the wall it was of a man as she went away she saw that the mans eyes seemed to be following her every move then she heard a strange noise it sounded like a very low growling noise it was coming from upstairs the little girl was so curious she decided that she had to go upstairs and see what it was as she went upstairs the noise grew louder and louder then she saw a dark thing flash in front of her she felt a deep chill around her then she felt a cold bony hand on her shoulder she turned quickly and saw a gnarled little old man who looked like an older version of the man in the painting he stared at her with those same cold steel blue eyes her heart was pounding her palms were sweating she tried to scream but nothing came out all she could think of was getting away from this place and away from this horrid little man she promised she would never be nosey ever ever again she ran out of the house so fast she thought she was flying the man stood holding his tiny dog and watched her run away he shook his head and wondered when the neighborhood kids would learn not to come into his home prince of darkness bysandrasnukergrade8 ballantrae public school tfie wind was howling through the cracked walls of the old house the moonlight casting wicked shadows on the walls made the tree limbs look like long bony fingers suddenly the creaky iron door of the house flew open and there it was its eyes were piercing yellow its beak glistening in the pale moonlight the night clouds cast evil shadows on its immense deformed body great wings much like a gargoyles rose majestically from its shoul ders from his beak he spoke i am the prince of darkness shrank back in terror eyes frozen to the great beast in front of me the beast was coming towards me closer closer closer suddenly heat surrounded my body while the prince of darkness wrapped his great wings about me i tried to scream but no sound came from my terrified mouth despite the heat i shivered uncontrollably the pressure of his wings around my body increased as i felt life sucked from my very soul relax my child he said you are one with the devil and i was gone forever y i m the ugly phantom by andre kassermelli grade 4 st jean de lalande public school the wind was howling through the cracked walls of the old house the moonlight casting wicked shadows on the walls made the tree limbs look like long bony fingers suddenly the creaky iron door of the house flew open and there it was the most scary and the most ugly phantom you have ever seen in your life and this year he plans to destroy halloween by erasing it from everyones memory but when he heard the phantoms plan a boy named duffy decided to do something duffy also heard the phantom needed three elements to erase everyones memory of halloween they were one rotten pumpkin one handful of wolf fur and one chicken feather the phantom had to put the elements in a pot full of hot water one by one the phantom went to collect them he collected the wolf fur and went away to collect the other two elements duffy went home and cut a hand full of fur from his bear skin rug duffy put the fakes in the water instead of the real thing he ran out of the old house fast to hide the phantom came back and tried to cast the spell but the spell backfired and everybody loves halloween even the ugly phan tom i i j ft 4 cv 4 a4 c a c i c h i 6 v v j 3