It was Autumn and Sheldon Shufflebottom was like any normal boy.
He enjoyed playing ball with his friends and had a million toys.
Sheldon climber the tallest trees and swam the ocean deep.
While his friends ran from bugs, Sheldon was fascinated by bees.
Halloween was coming up and his friends were all going to be superheroes,
But Sheldon wanted to be a mummy – the scariest of all the pharaohs.
Yes, you could say Sheldon was fearless but that wasn’t always the case.
There was one thing terrified him, one absolutely terrifying place.
Sheldon loved his Nana Bertha to the moon and back,
But Nana Bertha’s house was the most spine-chilling place to stay at.
That’s where our story begins, one frightful night at Nana’s sleepover,
The most…show more content… Sheldon would just stare outside, count the night clouds and moon beams.
Sheldon could hear the magpies and buzzards outside making their final roost.
Night was coming, the sleepover was coming soon.
After dinner, Nana asked, “How was your spaghetti, my sweet?”
Sheldon replied, “It was wonderful! Can we now eat ice cream?”
Nana laughed and said, “Of course, but not too much. We don’t want to keep you up all night.”
Sheldon thought he was gonna be up anyway, might as well have some more bites.
A rustling could be heard out the window, Sheldon jumped.
“Don’t worry, dear. That’s just the trash can with either a raccoon or or skunk.”
A loud bell suddenly chimed and Sheldon shrieked.
Nana giggled, “That’s just the grandfather clock, it’s 7:30.”
Sheldon felt like a coward, this house was just too much.
Just then, a ghost! But then he realized it was just a sheet draped over a hutch.
It was now bedtime. Nana Bertah tucked Sheldon in and gave him 10 kisses.
“Goodnight, my sweet. I’m just down the hall and will give a listen.”
Sheldon smiled but knew it wasn’t true.
Nana snored so loud, louder than the elephants trumpeting at the
