Graveyard Diaries #3: How Not to be Killed by a Zombie
Chapter 1 Lucy Got a Scare Barry’s Diary Saturday March 19 7 05 p m Lucy was scared in the cemetery She usually pulls so hard on her leash that I can barely keep up After dinner we were out near the old Marshfi eld Grove chapel Lucy is always smelling for rabbits or squirrels She had her head down and was following a trail sniffi ng like crazy Then she stopped She started shaking and hid behind me I didn’t see anything strange But she kept staring at a gravestone It said Alma Simmons Born 1850 Died 1862 Twelve years old just a year older than I am I wonder if they had sixth grade back in the 1800s We walked home Lucy kept looking back and 6
whining Did she see a ghost There are lots of them in our town All four cemeteries are haunted Lucy never seemed to be bothered by ghosts before But now she’s curled up on the fl oor of my bedroom Her eyes are wide open She’s shivering Lucy got a scare At Marshfi eld Chapel I don’t know what was there Maybe a rotten apple I’m the king of stupid poems like that It’s my best talent I’ll go back to the cemetery tonight I’ll check Alma’s grave again Dogs can see things in daylight that we can’t But sometimes they’re visible at night for humans Barry Bannon pulled open a drawer He pushed aside some socks He felt under his T-shirts Where was his À ashlight Have you seen it he asked Lucy Lucy stood up and wagged her tail She stretched back straightening her front legs Then she yawned 7
