Third Place

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Our third place entry was written by third grader Christina Langone who attends the Ballard School in Saugus.

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Nightmare Kingdom

by
Christina Langone

Last Halloween little Jon heard some real spooky things coming from the house next door. He decided to go over there and check it out. It was dark and windy when he went over and knocked on the door. There was no answer so he knocked again, still no answer he tried the door and it opened so he went in. It was soooo gross, there was yucky glupey stuff and dead people and other scary stuff like that all over the place. He heard a noise and when he turned around he saw a weird looking lady run down the basement stairs. Little Jon followed her down the stairs. When he got to the bottom he stepped in something sticky and that made him scream. He covered his mouth real fast but the weird lady heard him. She walked up to him and said a magic spell that turned little Jon into a ZOMBIE! Nobody ever saw little Jon again.

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