The Friendly Ghost

The 2nd place winner for Children Write the Future’s June Writing Prompts is Toby M. from Vancouver, Ca. When asked how he came up with his idea, Toby said, “It just came to me organically.” Awesome Toby! We’d also like to compliment Toby on his use of humor. Very well done.

The Friendly Ghost

Just as the family was about to begin eating, they saw a bright bolt of lightening and heard a loud clap of thunder. Suddenly their home is shrouded in darkness.

Suddenly they hear an “Ooooooo-ooooooh!” They look around and they don’t see anything – and then what comes out of their wall is a ghost. They scream but then the ghost says: “Hey I’m not a scary ghost. I just want to be your friend. Mind if I eat dinner with you?”

“Well of course you can,” said my mom. “But we have no lights.”

“Do you have candles?” asked the ghost.

“Well of course we have candles, why?”

“We could light the candles,” said the ghost. “What are you eating? Steak, mashed potatos, and cream corn? That’s my favorite meal. Can I join you?”

“Of course you can. There’s a chair right over there,” said the mom.

“Can I go get it and join you?” asked the ghost.

“Of course. I already said ‘ya sure.’ The food is on the table and we have some plates on the counter and if you’d like, you can have a nice cold glass of coke with ice in it,” said the mom.

“Well you know, I think I will, if it’s okay,” said the ghost.

“Oh ya and for dinner we have coke floats if you would like one,” said the mom.

“Ya sure,” said the ghost.

They had a nice quiet dinner and they did talk a lot about cars and voting. They had coke floats and the ghost asked if he could move in with them because he’s stuck sleeping in their closets.

“Well of course,” said the mom. “Would you like a bed?”

“I’d love one if I can have one,” asked the ghost.

“Our old roommate just died and we’ve been looking for a new roommate,” said the mom.

“Did your old roommate have a space with a bunk bed? Did he die just about a month ago?” asked the ghost.

“Yes actually he did,” said the mom.

“Well you know what?”

“What?” asked the mom.

“I’m that dead roommate!” said the ghost.

“You mean, you’re Steve?” asked the mom, looking really surprised. “Well of course you can move back in with us and you could have your old bunk bed! I’d love it! I’d love it! I’d love it! And we still have your Lambourghini Revington!”

“Wow! Thank you so much for not selling it! There are only 20 of them in the world!”

He moved in and then eventually they all died, but they just kept paying rent and living in their house and even the little kid drove the Lambourghini Revington. The ghosts saved up enough money to buy a Ferrari Enzo and a new parking spot, and eventually he helped them all get so much money, they could all get fancy luxury cars like Mercedes and Porsches. And they all died happily ever after after.