Recently in Rūma Toru we have been working on our descriptive writing. Our focus has been on painting vivid pictures with the words we use. Here are a couple of stories inspired by an image of an old haunted house. They have been put together by a couple of passionate authors from our space. We hope you enjoy their work.
The haunted house - by Natsumi
The dark black sky was filled with massive clouds. As the howling wind blew my ragged hair into my face I cautiously crept around the gloomy cold house. The voices of the leafless trees whispered all around me. I wondered what they were saying… crack! The booming sound of the crackling lightning echoed in my ears. As I stared at the old rusty house, I saw the dark shadows of a tangled up tree shining in the moonlight. Walking towards the haunted house, I felt a shiver running down my spine. I was terrified!
Me and the Haunted House by Marcus
Inspired by Eliott’s story about a haunted house.
The wind howled as the floorboards creaked like frogs in a pond. Dead trees swayed gracefully around me as I crept towards the door. Cautiously, I opened it. Inside it was gloomy as a cave and there was dust everywhere. Something skittered around in the dark interior of the house. A clanking sound came echoing into the lobby. I began to think the rumours might be true. But they couldn’t be. Rumours are just rumours. Another clank. This one a lot closer. I started to feel a little sketchy about this place. Slam! I whirled around and saw that the door had shut closed behind me. There was a soft click, and to my horror, I realised I had been locked in.
Who or what was doing this? Could I pick the lock? Could I even find a way out.
Suddenly, I was dragged out of my thoughts as clank. Clank. Clank. A set of armour came round the corner and stood still as if it had been there the whole time. But I knew it wasn’t there the whole time. I stepped closer to inspect it. I looked it up and down but it just looked like a normal suit of armour.… In the dim light that the stained windows provided, I saw something purple glistening in the light.