Feb. 19, 2025

Ep.318 – The Blizzard of '58 - Trapped in a Snowstorm… with a Monster

Ep.318 – The Blizzard of '58 - Trapped in a Snowstorm… with a Monster
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They say never meet your idols… but what if your idol isn’t even human? When a young horror fan and her brother get stranded in a department store during a brutal snowstorm, they stumble upon a terrifying secret. Will they survive the night, or will their dream meeting become a nightmare?

The Blizzard of '58 by Bruce Haney

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They say, never meet your idols. When a young horror

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fan and her brother get stranded in a department store

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during a brutal snowstorm, they stumble upon a terrifying secret.

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Will they survive the night or will their dream meeting

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become a frozen hell and a nightmare?

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What's that? You want to be scared to? Come with me.

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You will experience tales over opera, ghosts and death. It

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is not recommended at the foot of week At our

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heart listen as in the dark, it's more fun at

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that way way. This is Weekly Speaking.

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Hello, my spookies, It's Wednesday, and you know what that means.

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It's time for a little spooky in your weekly. I'm

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your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto, and we have quite

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the chilling story for you here tonight. In my home

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of Ohio, we had a very surprising snowstorm kind of

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come out of nowhere. Isn't it funny how even with

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all the modern conveniences we still get surprised by mother nature. Well,

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tonight's story is a very big surprise. But before we

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get to that, I want to say thank you so

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misunderstood and very scary horror film called It at Night.

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But now there seems to be quite a chill in

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the air. Snowstorms can be dangerous, the cold, the ice,

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the way they cut you off from the rest of

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the world. But sometimes the worst thing about a blizzard

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isn't what's outside, it's what's trapped inside with you. This

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story is about two kids stuck in a department store

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during the infamous blizzard of fifty eight. But they weren't alone.

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You see, sometimes when you idolize someone, you start to

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think of them as larger than life. But what if

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they're not even human? So get cozy, my friends, and

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grab a blanket and a hot cup of cocoa. If

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you have it. We start the story right after this,

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The Blizzard of fifty eight by Bruce Haney. Every kid

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loves the snow day, and Margaret was no exception. But

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why did it have to be this day? Of all days?

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She was upset because her big brother, who annoyingly calls

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her Margo, was supposed to take her to Meyern Frank's

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department store because Leonor Shelley Goouhlcraft was putting on an

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in store appearance. Margaret knew that if school got canceled,

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there was a good chance that the appearance would get

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canceled as well. Leonor Shelley Goulcraft hosted a television show

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called Miss Goule's Hour of Madness on KPWN. The show

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had only been running for around three months, but Margaret

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had been hooked since the first episode in October of

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fifty seven. She was impressed by the ad in the

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paper that had lines like we dare you to watch

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and too scary for the week Hearted. The first episode

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was nineteen fifty one's The Thing from Another World. Margaret

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loved the show and her big brother liked it as well.

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This was a big deal to her because she and

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her brother used to be close, but he just turned

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fourteen and she was only twelve. Not a huge gap,

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but he was at that age where he was less

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interested in hanging out with his kid's sister and much

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more interested in impressing the older kids and talking to

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girls his own age who weren't related to him. Margaret

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wondered if maybe her brother just liked Miss Goul's Hour

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of Madness because of how beautiful Leonore was, because she was.

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Margaret understood that, but she loved her for her humor

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and for how cool she was. In one episode, Leonore

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Shelley Goulcraft, or as her fans called her, Miss ghoul

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rallied against the local school board for not teaching kids

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the important parts of history. Kids today don't even learn

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about werewolves, vampires, or even ghouls like me anymore. Miss

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ghuhl had rallied. Parents and teachers were not impressed by this,

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which just made the kids love her that much more,

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much to Margaret's dismay. School did indeed get canceled that day.

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The snow was light, but there was the threat of

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an even bigger storm, possibly even a blizzard, coming later

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in the day, but the weather stayed mild, so Margaret

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started working on her parents to convince them to let

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her brother David take her to the event. Anyways, I've

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been checking the TV all day and they haven't said

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anything about the event being canceled. Margaret's please worked, and

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she got her parents to agree that if it didn't

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start snowing again by four in the afternoon, they could go.

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The event started at five o'clock, but it was only

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a twenty minute bus ride to the department store where

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she was having the appearance, so Margaret agreed to the terms.

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It didn't snow before they left, but it did start

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fifteen minutes into their bus ride, and by the time

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they were dropped off in front of the five story

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department store, there was an additional three inches of snow

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on the ground. They arrived after four thirty. David wanted

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to look at the electronics section first. He heard they

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had a portable nine inch television. I know I can't

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afford it, but wouldn't it be swell your own TV

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one you could watch even if our parents are hogging

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the one in the living room. The cool thing, too,

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is it weighs less than twenty pounds and has a

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handle that makes it portable, David told his little sister.

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Margaret wasn't having it no way. I want a good

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spot to see Miss goul She also wanted to get

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there to make sure it was still happening. When they

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arrived at the space, there were thirty chairs set up

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facing the minimal set. No one was sitting in any

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of them. The stage featured a coffin and a wreath

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with a sash that said beloved r Ip. Just as

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they got to the front and sat down, a man

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walked over to the wreath and hung up a handwritten

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sign with the words event canceled storm warning on it.

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Then over the PA system, a similar message went out.

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Good evening shoppers. With the impending snowstorm, the in store

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appearance of Miss Goulcraft is canceled as well. To be cautious,

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we are closing the store for the evening. Please bring

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your final purchases to our always happy, always helpful cashiers.

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Please do hurry, as we want them to get home

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to their families safely. But we were so close to

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meeting her. Margaret pleaded with her brother, I'm sure they'll

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rease schedule the event. Come on, let's get home while

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we still can. Let's look for her. She's probably still here.

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If it just got canceled, we could still meet her,

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Margaret argued. David wanted to respond and tell her no,

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but she was already up and moving. Most of the

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staff were heading towards the exits, so the usually off

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limits areas were unguarded. David watched and then followed her

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outside the large windows. David saw that the snow was

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falling at such a rate he couldn't even see the

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building next door. It was a total white out. Margo,

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the snow was really coming down. She didn't listen, so

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David had to speed up his pace to follow her

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into the dimly lit hallway she had entered. Okay, Margot,

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we gotta go while we still can, David said. But

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just then Margaret saw a simple sign tacked to the

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wall that said guest with an arrow pointed further down

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the dark hallway. She pointed it out to David. We

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are so close. David got caught up in the moment

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because he too wanted to meet Leonora Goulcraft. He wanted

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to know if she was even prettier in person than

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she was on black and white television. They followed that

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sign to a long walkway that led to another hallway.

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Who knew there were all these offices behind stores? Margaret asked,

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they have to count the beans somewhere, the beans, Margaret asked.

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David didn't answer, and Margaret had lost interest in the

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answer anyway, because she realized she was standing right in

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front of the guest door. Margaret knocked but got no response,

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so she pushed the door open. Inside there were red

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roses with a card next to them, and a small

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basket of untouched fruit. What wasn't there was any sign

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of Lenore Ghulcraft. The handwritten sign on the door said

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Sondra Warden parenthesy. Leonore asked Ghoulcraft. She must have got

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caught in the snow and never made it here, David

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explained to his sister. Margaret looked up at him. He

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could see the disappointment all over her face. Margo, it's fine.

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I'll take you to the next appearance. Now, let's get

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out of here while we can still get home, and

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remember it's Wednesday. We can watch her show tonight, David said,

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to try to comfort her. What if she still stuck

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in the snow and doesn't make it to her show?

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Margaret asked, don't worry, there'll be a new episode. They

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filmed those things days, if not weeks before they air.

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David explained that made Margaret feel better. That is until

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they heard an explosion in the distance and then the

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lights went out.

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Did you hear that? Better check the locks on your

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doors weekly. Spooky, We'll be right back.

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They both screamed. Then a few moments later they heard

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what they thought was someone else screaming. It wasn't close

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and it was hard to tell where it came from,

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being that they were in the back room of a

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five story building. I'm scared, Margaret said, it's okay, it

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was probably just a transformer. The lights went out, right,

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David explained, what about the scream, Well, we screamed when

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the lights went out. Maybe it was the same thing

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with whoever that was. Maybe. Margaret said, either way, let's

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start making our way out of here. It's going to

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be hard in the dark. They struggled because where they

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were there were no windows, so it was pitch black.

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Margaret held out her brother's hand as he led the way.

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They walked for a few minutes before realizing they may

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have just went in circles. After a couple more minutes,

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Margaret thought she was hearing noises, but she couldn't figure

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out what or where they were coming from. Do you

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hear that? I don't hear anything, David said, Okay, maybe

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my mind is just playing tricks on me. It could

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be rats, David offered. The thought made Margaret let go

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of her brother's hand so that she could use both

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of hers to feel the walls as she desperately tried

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to find a way out. Hold up. David yelled out

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because she was getting too far ahead of him, but

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then he heard a click and some light entered the hallway.

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Margaret had found the exit. Back in the shopping area,

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they could see a lot better. There were no electric lights,

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but there was light filling in from the various windows.

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It was night, but the moon's reflection hitting the white

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snow that was coming down kept it from being fully dark.

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This was the moment they realized that there wasn't anyone

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else in the store. Noticing this, they ran back down

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the now frozen in place escalators and then ran to

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the entrance, which was, of course locked. It didn't take

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David long to find that you didn't need a key

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to unlock it from the inside. The only problem was

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that the doors opened outward, and they were already a

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couple of feet of snow piled up against them. They

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both pushed on the doors as hard as they could,

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but they wouldn't budge. David. What are we going to do?

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How are we going to get the doors open? Margaret

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asked her big brother, Margo, Maybe it's for the best.

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I don't think we want to go out there. Look

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at all that snow, and I don't see anybody. If

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we go out there, we'll freeze to death. But I'm

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already cold, Margaret said. Wasn't quite sure what to do

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to fix their situation, but he knew he could at

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least try to solve the problem of his little sister

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being cold. Of course, this would benefit him too, he

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was starting to feel the chill as well. The two

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of them made their way to the home goods section.

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David found a stack of blankets and covered his sister up.

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The smaller the space to heat up, the better we

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will be at keeping warm. I learned that in Scouts,

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so stay under the covers until I get back. I'm

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going to try and find us a tent. With that,

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he was gone looking for supplies, and Margaret was left alone.

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She hoped her brother wasn't gone too long. She was

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still worried about the sounds she had heard earlier. This

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worry increased when she began hearing the strange sounds again.

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It didn't sound like rats to her. It wasn't scratching,

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more like a light tapping. When she realized that the

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sound was getting closer, she finally figured out what it was.

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It was footsteps, coming from the opposite direction of where

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her brother had gone. They weren't alone. With her curiosity peaked,

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she stared in the direction of the approaching figure. The

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first indication that this person was female was when she

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saw a leg wearing a black pump come around the corner.

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Margaret held her breath and remained silent as she waited

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to see the rest of the body reveal itself. Then,

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to her amazement and excitement, it turned out to be

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Lenor Shelley Ghoulcraft in her signature black dress and pumps,

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Miss Gool, Margaret yelled. Miss Gould just looked towards her

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with no expression. I'm your biggest fan. Margaret continued, Oh,

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thank you, my dear fiend. Now tell me What are

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you doing here all alone in this storm? Shouldn't you

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be at home in your pajamas with a bowl of

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popcorn waiting for my show to come on? Tonight we're

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playing a personal favorite of mine, The Mad Ghoul from

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nineteen forty three. It's the story of my older brother,

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Miss Gould said, and then laughed. This made Margaret give

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a little chuckle. In the voice of the wicked witch.

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She asked, are you all alone, my pretty or is

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your little dog here too? Margaret laughed again but didn't

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answer are you all alone? Miss Goul asked in her

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normal voice, My brother's here. He's trying to find us

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some supplies to stay warm. Ah, what a good protective brother.

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David was searching in the sporting goods department for a tent,

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but was having no luck. He figured that the small

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sporting goods section didn't bother carrying tents in the middle

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of winter. But by this time he had already found

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a large bag that he was filling with items that

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he believed would help them. He told himself that it

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was not stealing because none of the stuff if he

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was taking was going to leave the building, being that

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there were no tents. He needed to find another small

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space where they could trap their body heat so that

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they didn't freeze during the night. On the fourth floor,

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he thought of the perfect spot when he saw the

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female apparel section the dressing room. He was nervous as

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he approached it because it was much darker there, as

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it was located in the center of that floor, so

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the light from the windows didn't quite make it. David

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reached into the bag and pulled out the flashlight he

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borrowed from the sporting goods section. When he pointed his

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light into the store, he noticed that a coat rack

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was lying on the ground, like there had been some

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kind of struggle. He approached slowly and searched the space

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with the beam of his flashlight for anything else to

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be off. What is here is that? David said. He

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knew what it was, but hoped that he was wrong.

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He continued moving forward, now at an even slower pace. Oh, fudge,

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he whispered to himself as he continued towards the pool

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of blood he saw on the floor. Fudge, Fudge, fudge.

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He wanted to scream when he saw the dead body

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of what he thought was a man who looked like

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he had been attacked by a wild animal. With his

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neck torn open and his intestines lying next to him,

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plus the rather large chunk out of his skull, it

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was hard to determine what was the wound that killed

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him the only reason he didn't scream was that he

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was worried that whatever did this was still in the building.

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Turned around and ran. He had to get back to

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his sister before whatever did this got to her.

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Don't go away, weekly, spooky, We'll be right back.

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The doors are stuck. We can't get out, Margaret explained

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to miss Goole. Oh well, what are we to do?

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Miss Goole said, aren't you freezing in just that dress? Oh? Yes,

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it is quite cold, but I hide it. Well, I'm

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just that good of an actress. But your skin looks

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so smooth, no goosebumps or anything. It's freezing in here.

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It's amazing what modern makeup can hide. Miss Goole laughed.

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I guess, so, Margaret, said, Margo. Margo. David yelled as

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he ran to where he had left his sister, but

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when he spotted Miss Gould standing there, he stopped in

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his tracks. What David, Margaret asked, but he paid no attention.

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His panic was temporarily forgotten as he looked upon Miss

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Ghoul and she smiled at him. It's it's Lenor Goulcraft

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in the undead flesh. A pleasure to make your acquaintance,

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young man, she said. Then she switched from a friendly

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smile to a seductive one. The teenage boy's hormones were activated,

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and he completely forgot about his panic from the horrors

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he had just seen. Gee Whiz, you are even prettier

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in person. Oh am I, you flirt, she said, and

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then threw her head back in a sedaductive laugh that

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grew in intensity until it transformed into something else, something manic.

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When she put her head back down to look at

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the boy, she smiled and opened her mouth to reveal

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her teeth. David smiled back because he didn't know what

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else to do. The laughter scared Margaret, so she pulled

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the blankets over her head. Since she was hiding, she

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didn't see Miss Gooul stick out her alarmingly long tongue.

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David looked at her in shock as she smiled with

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her large, serpent like tongue sticking out. He then watched

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in horror as she curved the tip of her tongue

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back towards her mouth, where she used it to remove

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her fake front teeth. This revealed her real teeth, which

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were sharp and looked like they were made for chewing

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through bone. Because she was hiding, Margaret didn't see what

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happened when Miss Gould attacked her brother. All she heard

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was his scream, and by the time she got the

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nerve to climb out from her blankets, they were both

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gone and there was a pool of blood where her

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brother had been standing. Margaret knew she had to hide,

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but where Plus she was too cold to get out

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from under the blankets. She looked all around at what

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her options were. None looked great, but then she noticed

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that duffel bag that David had brought back with supplies

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was left by behind. She didn't get out from under

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her blankets, She simply scooted herself forward, pulling the blankets

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with her. When she got close enough, she grabbed the

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handle of the bag and dragged it towards herself. She

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unzipped it in a hurry. Worried that Miss Goule would

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come back. She started to look inside, but she stopped

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and listened when she thought she heard something. After waiting

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ten seconds, she chalked it up to her nerves and

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began searching through the bag once again. When she heard

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footsteps running towards her, she took one look behind her,

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hoping it was her brother. It wasn't. It was Lenor

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Shelley Ghoulcraft. She had abandoned her heels and was running

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right towards her. With her sharp teeth and the blood

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that was dripping from her mouth, down her chin, and

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onto her dress. Margaret no longer saw her as the

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hero to look up to. She didn't even see her

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as a person, more like a creature, like an actual ghoul.

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Margaret dug through the bag frantically, looking for something to

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fight her off with, but found nothing. Before Miss Goul

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got to her, she burst out of the blankets with

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the bag in hand and ran as fast as she could.

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She was afraid to look back to see how close

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Miss Goul was, so she didn't. She wasn't sure how

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close Miss Gooul was as she sprinted from the good

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section and navigated through the kitchen area. If she wasn't

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in such a panic, she might have thought about grabbing

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a knife on her way through, but she was so

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lost in terror that she almost ran straight into a

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floor display of pots and pans. As she exited the

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kitchen department, she heard a loud bang and then things

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falling to the ground. Miss Goul must not have made

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it past the pots and pans display like she had.

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If she had seen that in a cartoon, Margaret would

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have been laughing, but in real life she knew it

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would just make Miss Ghoul angry and more determined. She

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did hope that it would buy her a little time

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at least, so when she reached the junior's clothing department,

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she decided to hide behind the sun dresses that hung

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against the wall. Margaret sat and tried to catch her

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breath while listening for any sign of Miss Gooul. When

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she was calm enough to remember how cold she was,

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she dug through the Duffel bag again. Lucky for her,

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her brother had found a warmer coat than the one

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she had on, a hat, and even a better pair

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of gloves. The coat was the kind she saw rich

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kids wear, while the hat was even fancier than that.

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It was made of fur. It was the kind of

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hat she only saw people wear in movies. She put

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it on and then put the jacket on over her

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other coat. Though she was still frightened. This bit of

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comfort and warmth made her smile. However, she only got

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to enjoy it for a moment. She forgot all about

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her comfort when she heard footsteps approaching her hiding spot.

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She put her hands together like she did before she

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went to bed each night, and prayed. She hoped God

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could still hear her, even though she was not saying

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her prayer out loud like she normally would. Dear God,

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please let that be my brother. Please let him be alive,

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even though he is annoying, I love him. Also, God,

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please don't let me get eaten by miss gul Amen.

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But she accidentally said the amen part out loud. When

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two hands reached into the dresses to pull them apart,

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revealing her hiding spot, she screamed.

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Don't go away weakly, Spooky will be right back.

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When David heard his sister's scream, he knew he had

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to get out of his hiding spot. It was a

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good one too. He found one of the new models

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of refrigerators, the ones that don't lock from the outside.

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He knew how to check for the inside latch because

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it was all over the news two years previously when

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the Refrigerator's Safety Act was put into place after several

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kids locked themselves in discarded fridges while playing hide and seek.

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Those kids always won the game, but when they were

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finally found, they couldn't celebrate their victory. As he made

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his way towards the scream through the kitchen department, he

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grabbed a knife. He wished he had the Duffel bag,

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and there he had something he really thought would help

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them fighter off. He had grabbed it and put it

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in the bag after he had found that first dead body.

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Miss Gould picked up young Margaret with one hand, held

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her above her head and laughed, Oh, you sweet thing.

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I will so enjoy eating you, she said, exposing her

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large teeth again with ungodly strength, she moved Margaret closer

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to her mouth, which unhinged and opened wider and wider,

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until her mouth was large enough to take Margaret's whole

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head in hey barf breath. David yelled while running at

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her with a knife held in front of him. Miss

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Gould looked over at him, then through Margaret at David.

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His reaction time wasn't quick enough to move the knife,

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and his sister landed on it, stomach first. Margot. David

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screamed as they tumbled and rolled on to the floor

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from the momentum. As the ghoul approached, she pulled the

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knife out of Margaret and walked over to David. As

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miss Goul walked away, Margaret rolled up her coat in

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a panic to look at her wound. It was minor.

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If she hadn't been wearing the two coats, she might

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have been dead. Hey, Cuty, I wondered where you'd gotten

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off to. Did I play too rough last time? She said,

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then took the knife and pressed it into David's shoulder.

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It was the same spot where she had bitten a

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small chunk out of him earlier. The pain was excruciating,

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but he still had the wherewithal to yell to his sister, Margot,

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grab the bag. It's in the bag. Margaret jumped up.

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She wanted to fight off the ghoul, but she followed

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her brother's demand and ran to where the bag was hidden. Inside,

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she pulled out a small camping stove, a small container

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of kerosene, and another flashlight before she spotted what looked

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like a gun, but the barrel was too big. She

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thought it looked like a shotgun handgun. She searched the

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bag for bullets, but only found these cylindrical things, which

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she hoped were them. She slid one in it fit,

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then put one more in her pocket. Here goes nothing,

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she said, then pointed the thing at Miss Goul and

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pulled the trigger. You have to cock it, her brother

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screamed in agony as Miss Goul twisted the blade fudge.

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Margaret cocked the gun, pointed it at Miss Goule, and

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pulled the trigger out of the barrel. A projectile hit

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Miss Ghoul on the back and then burst into flames.

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This made her stop her attack on David as she

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frantically patted the back of her head, putting out the

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fire and checking for damage. Once the fire was out,

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she stood up and walked towards Margaret. A flare gun.

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That was your big attempt at stopping me, Miss Goole laughed.

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Margaret was scared but determined. She waited for the right moment.

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It came when Miss Goole hissed at her. Lucky for Margaret,

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she opened her her mouth wide in the process. That

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was the moment that Margaret fired the second shot she

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had loaded. Margaret watched as the flare flew directly into

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Miss Gould's mouth slid on her tongue and disappeared down

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her throat. Miss goul bellowed in agony and scratched at

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her throat as if she could get to the burning

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flare that was in her esophagus. Margaret took this opportunity

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to run to her brother and pull the knife out

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of his shoulder. She slid it into the front pocket

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of her jacket so that she could have both hands

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free to help David up. As soon as he was

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he grabbed one of her hands and started running, dragging

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her behind. He pulled so fast that she almost lost

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her balance. They ran down multiple frozen escalators before Miss

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Goole once again caught up to them. As they ran

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through the shoe department, Miss Goule was furious and began

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to take large leaps across the floor towards them. They

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tried knocking over as many shoes as they could to

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slower down, but it did very little. Eventually they found

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themselves up against the windows leading to the outside. Where

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are we going to go? Margaret asked, I don't know.

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David said, I'm too young to die. David looked around

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at what was at their disposal to fight the creature off.

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Stay here. What what do you trust me? David asked, Yes, okay,

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David said, then ran, leaving his sister behind. As Miss

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Goule approached.

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USh it was only the wind. You're safe, weekly spooky.

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We'll be right back.

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When he got far enough away, he yelled, hey, you

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old hag, come get me. Miss Goul took the bait

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and ran towards David, who grabbed the big metal shoe

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size measurer and then ran towards where the ghoul had been.

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Then he made his way towards his sister. At this

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point he wished they hadn't knocked over all the shoes

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because it hadn't slowed Miss Goool down much, but it

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was slowing him down significantly. He got just close enough

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to his sister when Miss Goole grabbed the back of

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his shirt. Duck David yelled and threw the heavy metal

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shoe measurer towards his sister. She just barely moved in

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time as it whizzed past her head and smashed the

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large glass window behind her. The cold was felt instantly

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by Margaret, and snow began to flow into the department store. Jump.

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David yelled, Margaret looked out the window. They were on

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the second floor. It was still dumping snow, and she

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prayed that the snow hadn't frozen over yet. Since it

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was still coming down, She told herself it must be soft.

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If it was, it might be survivable. If it's hard,

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it would be like jumping on to concrete. Screw it,

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she said, in an attempt to convince herself. But when

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she went to jump, she couldn't do it. She was

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too scared jump. David yelled as Miss Gould turned him

510
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around and opened her mouth wide to bite him. This

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bite you won't run away from, Miss Gould said, Let

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go of my brother, Margaret yelled, as she ran towards

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Miss Gould. In her hand was the knife she had

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pulled from her brother's shoulder earlier. She slashed Miss Gould's face,

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creating a large gash through her mouth and nose. Blood

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flowed down from her wound at a rate that alarmed

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Miss Ghoul. She dropped David so she would have both

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hands to inspect her sliced open face. I guess you

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have more of a face for radio now, Margaret said.

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David ran to his sister and hugged her you saved

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my life, he said, and then grabbed her by the

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hand and ran towards the window. He was leaving this

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all up to faith. As he leapt out, pulling his

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sister behind. They both disappeared into the heavy snow that

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was coming down in sheetsping for survival. The sounds they

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made when they hit the ground made Miss Goul smile.

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There was a thud, then they both bellowed in agony.

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But you can't bellow if you're dead. In the fall,

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Margot broke her right arm and David twisted his ankle.

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They writhed in pain as Miss Ghoul looked down from

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the broken window with her now thanks to Margaret, much

532
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larger smile. They both got quiet when they heard someone

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slogging through the snow in their direction. Margaret, is that you, David?

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A woman's voice said, it's them. It's really them, another

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voice said. Margaret and David were both relieved to see

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it was their parents. How did did you get here,

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Margaret asked, Originally in a taxi, but it got stuck

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and we walked the rest of the way. Mom said,

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we were so afraid you were somewhere freezing to death.

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Their father said, all right, come on quick, get up.

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We have to get you somewhere warm. I don't think

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I can walk, David said, I think my arm is broken,

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Margaret cried. A sound of laughter came from above. Margaret,

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David and their parents looked up, but Miss goul was gone.

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Did you jump out of that window? Why? Their father asked.

546
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Let's not worry about that. Now, we need to get

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them out of this cold. Doesn't your aunt live around here?

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The father asked, Oh, yes, she does, the mother said.

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With that, the father picked up David and the mother

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helped Margaret up, and they made their way to their

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aunts to warm up and figure out what the next

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step would be. That night, the last episode of Miss

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Goule's Hour of Madness aired. However, with all the power

554
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outages around town, almost nobody saw it. Weeks later, after

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what became known as the Blizzard of fifty eight had

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come and gone, the family sat watching television. Margaret's arm

557
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was still in a cast, but was healing nicely. On

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the news, they announced that Miss Goule's House of Madness

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was no more and that Lenor Shelley Gulcraft had not

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been seen since the snowstorm. Oh I'm sorry, dear. Hopefully

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she's okay, her mother said. Margaret and David shared a glance.

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You won't get to meet her now. Her mother added,

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it's all right, mama, I don't want to meet her.

564
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What if she was awful. It's like people say, never

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meet your idols. Well, my spookies, I hope you enjoyed

566
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one last little bit of winter time terror before spring

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has sprung. But you never know. There might be another

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one down the pike. Honestly, for all I know, it's

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waiting in the wings. A big thank you to Bruce

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Haney for tonight's wonderful story, and I want to let

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you spookies know next week we have a story by

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