THE CHRISTMAS ARBORS
The two brothers, Silas and Isaac, walked slowly up the cobbled walkway toward the old creepy house. Although the lawn had been mowed, the underbrush cut back and the old clapboard and trim had a new coat of paint, it was still the old haunted house that had sat vacant in their neighborhood ever since they could remember. As they got closer to the door Isaac, uncharacteristically took his older brother’s hand and said: “Lets go Silas”. Undeterred his older sibling uttered a firm “NO! I saw a girl our age go in and I’m going to meet her.”
Silas gingerly reached as high as he could to the brass knocker and it made an eerie thud as it echoed in the old house. A few seconds passed and Silas was as eager as Isaac to retreat, when the pair heard the distinct sound of footsteps inside.
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