Have you seen the ghost Amy asked Stan shook his head The voice must be coming from those old graves There aren’t any others in this section Amy walked deeper into the woods stepping over tree roots and around boulders I’ve never noticed these graves before And I’ve certainly never heard any voices here This area is always dark and quiet The wind blew stronger and a few drops of rain smacked Amy’s bare 10
arms We’d better hurry to Jared’s or we’ll get caught in this Jared’s house was on the far edge of Woodland Cemetery The town of Marshfield had four cemeteries All of them were haunted People called the place Graveyard City Two other friends lived on the edges of Evergreen Cemetery and Marshfield Grove The five kids had formed a group called the Zombie Hunters They had fun and chills checking out spooky happenings Sometimes they faced real danger 11
Amy looked at the gravestones until the rain grew harder She ran back to the path and covered her head with her hands She dodged past gravestones and down the grassy hill to Jared’s house Then she and Stan ducked onto the porch and laughed We didn’t get too soaked Stan said Amy wiped her forehead with her hand Jared came out with towels and they dried off Amy asked Jared if he’d ever heard the Give it back voice 12
Sure Once or twice People say it’s been calling for more than a century Not all the time but often enough Weird Amy said But so is everything else in this town I’m surprised I never heard it I take that path all the time That voice isn’t scary Jared said There are spookier things out there He squinted at the cemetery Angry ghosts Poltergeists The rain pelted down now Steam rose from the hot pavement as puddles began to form 13
