Lucy's Short Story: The Haunted House

The scintillating sun peeked out from behind the clouds, and slowly rose to the sky, announcing to the world that a new day had begun. The sun’s rays penetrate through the clouds and shone through the windows of each house in the small neighborhood. The light that shone from the sun crept its way into the house of Sabrina and John Day. Even though the curtains were partly closed, the sun still brought light into the living room of the house where John was sitting on the couch with a blanket covering his torso, and eyes intently focused on the book. The TV was on in front of him, but John did not heed the noise or the movements on the screen, for the boy was completely submerged in the book and only glanced up a few times. That was, until Sabrina …show more content…
Lucy trotted towards the front door as John slipped the harness over the dog’s body and attached the leash onto the collar. Lucy was a sweet dog with big, brown eyes and black and brown fur. Lucy’s tail thumped against the door as she patiently waited to go on the walk. Sabrina and John said goodbye to Mom and began to head down the driveway. The siblings walked on the sidewalk and embarked on the journey to the park. It was hot and dry summer day with the sun beating down on the trio as each crossed the road that led to the school park. Sabrina and John lived close to their elementary school, Oakview, and would regularly visit the playground that was adjacent to the school. When Lucy, Sabrina, and John arrived at the park, Sabrina and John played with the dog and had so much fun. The pair even took Lucy onto the park’s equipment to see what the dog would do. Lucy was fairly timid and was a little nervous at first but Lucy quickly oriented herself to the parks surroundings. After an hour or so, Sabrina reached into the faded orange drawstring bag that was brought and dug out a water dish for Lucy. After the bowl was filled, Lucy trotted over to it and began to drink. After that, the three sat on the equipment for a while and talked. John had ahold of Lucy’s leash when Sabrina noticed that the dog had slipped out of the