The Tall Tale of Sir BoBerton The Great
By Emma Smith and Oliver Einhorn
Scare Log 1
Hi, I'm BoBerton. This is the first entry in my Scare Log. I will be documenting all of my successful exploits as I scare the family in this house. I’ve been living here for years and a new ghost just moved in. His name is Horace. He’s one of those really big ghosts. He has bright red eyes and whisps of hair souorunding the rim of his head.. It’s great! New people and a new ghost friend. He’s the Best. He's been showing me how to scare everyone. He even scares me sometimes when he shows his fangs and says stuff like, “YOU UNWORTHY BRAT! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE THE GHOST OF THIS HOUSE! I will replace you. Just you wait.”
He’s the best. Anyway, it seems like I got a little side tracked. Let's talk about my first scare. Today, I tried to scare the parents of the house. My plan was to hide in the pantry, and wait until one of them wanted a snack and if they opened the pantry, I would jump out and yell “BOO!” just like that. I was surprised that they never opened it. Plus, I thought pantries were supposed to be filled with fresh snacks, not empty wrappers, half eaten food, and bags filled with dog poop. I also didn't know pantries were outside, and made of plastic. But Horace said it was a pantry, when he threw me in, and Horace is always right. I think I’ll try again tomorrow.
Horace’s Records
Horace here. This record book is going to track my work to kick out the incompetent brat that is currently the ghost of the house. This is a title that should only be reserved for the best of the ghosts. “BoBerton,” or whatever, is clearly not one of them. He’s gullible for starters, I convinced him that a garbage can was a pantry. He’s also not scary whatsoever. I will soon take over the role of ghost of the house, just watch.
The brat seems to think that I like him; he keeps following me around and hugging me; Disgusting. Tomorrow I am going to tell him that all good ghosts sit in the downstairs couch and don’t pop out for anything. Soon, I’m going to convince him that he’s being kicked out of the house.
Scare log 2
I just had the worst day. First, I hid on the couch in the garage because Horace said that's where humans spent most of their time. I think someone looked in at some point because I heard someone upstairs talking about how “The couch's cushions were slowly pulsating up and down like it was taking a deep thoughtful breath, as a loud droning sound emitted from beneath it...” But I find that unlikely because it was really hard to breathe in there.
Then, I heard the ghost police upstairs and they were going to kick me out, but I hid by possessing the dog so they didn't find me. I got stuck in the dog for a while, so Horace went looking for me. He seemed oddly relieved when he couldn't find me. I guess he just assumed I got away from the cops. Now tomorrow, I’m going to enact my master plan. After I think of it. Horace will think it's awesome. Also I found a top hat with googly eyes. It's soooooo cool. But I wish I had cool red eyes like horace, they sometimes glow like a stoplight when he gets excited!
Horace’s Records
I really hate that snot nosed brat. I finally thought I got rid of him, but then he just appeared out of nowhere, and he came back with such a boring illusion. He literally tried to convince the family there were infinite versions of him, by using smoke and mirrors. EVEN THOUGH WE DON’T SHOW UP IN MIRRORS! I just knew it was a bad idea to let him watch Scooby Doo. Now the humans are thinking of moving. That means that the house might be abandoned, so I wont be able to spook anyone. This brat is about to ruin my entire afterlife. If I'm going to get rid of him, it has to be now. Another thing, he also thinks he looks so great with his new top hat, as if. His hat is blue, covered in eyes, and is like, a fourth his size, it's only 1 foot tall. Sometimes the eyes even move. It looks like something a toddler could make. I hate it and I hate him.
Scare Log 3
I think that Horace might not like me. We were talking, and I was like, “Wow! How are you so good at scaring? I try your tips, and I don’t scare anyone.”
All he said was,“Yeah, you just suck, that’s why I called the scare police on you.” Then, his face turned red as he opened his gaping maw, and started chasing me. I was racing through walls and flying through ceilings just to get away from him. Eventually, I was able to contact the ghost police and they took him away quickly. Well, safe to say, I stopped following his tips and then I GOT MY BIGGEST SCARE!!!!!!!!!. All of the family was so scared and they all ran out of the house. I popped up as the family was coming into the house and was surrounded by smoke. It was billowing out from around me in huge gray clouds. I think they might think they were dreaming! Well, the scare police saw that and they have officially named ME the ghost of the house. I asked them to take Horace away. Hopefully we can be friends when he comes back.
Horace’s Records.
Welp, this is the end for me. The scare police named “BoBerton” GHOST OF THE HOUSE! Like he deserves it. Now they are kicking me out of the house until I have been dead for at least 20 years because I, “Don’t know the ghostly rules,” and being dead for longer will teach me that. Yeah right! I will come back and find a way to take this role from that undeserving brat. I KNOW that I can prove that he’s no good and that he should leave.
Scare Log 4
I always knew this day would come. I finally got the ultimate scare, and it was all thanks to Horace. I realized that you can be scarier when you're trusted. So I possessed the child and ran around the house screaming and waving my arms. The family was soooo scared. And now I’m getting a new roommate; a dead baby like me. I can't wait to show them the ropes. Lets just hope that they are better than Horace. It would be good to have a partner in crime. Maybe I can give them an eye-covered monocle.
