Stage Fright!

‘If those so called ghosts come tomorrow night and
try and ruin our play we'll be ready for them and give
them a nasty fright!’ said Sophie. ‘Help me get Arthur
upstairs onto the lighting floor.’
With great difficulty the girls carried King Arthur
up the rickety staircase and set him down on a chair.
‘Now let's tie this rope around his waist and then
throw the other end over that wooden beam up there.
Can you catch the other end, Cress?’
‘Got it!’
‘Great! I'm just going to get something from
the kitchen.’
In a few seconds Sophie was back with a bag of
flour and an old white sheet.
‘Could you go over to The Forbidden Door Cress
and shut your eyes. Don't open them until I say so.’
Cressida did as her friend asked. After a few
minutes Sophie switched off the house lights.
‘Open your eyes now Cress!’
Cressie opened her eyes. To begin with she saw
nothing. It was completely dark and silent save the
howling of the wind outside and the relentless
drumming of the rain on the barn roof. Eventually
she became aware of a faint green light growing
stronger and out of the gloom she could see a
mysterious, ghostly figure. With a terrifying howl the
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