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The House on the Hill part 1

Our friends told us about 1) ______ little town outside of 2) ______ city. They
said it is 3) ______amazing. 4) ______ people are nice, 5) ______ food is local,
and there is even 6) ______ small souvenir shop. It’s pretty hard to get to, but
7) ______ ride is worth it. So, we decided to pack 8) ______ suitcase, find 9)
______ place to stay, and spend 10) ______ week there. We also wanted to
explore around 11) ______ town. We just moved to 12) ______ city, and
wanted to see something different for 13) ______ change too.

We started 14) ______ trip on Monday, and it took us almost three hours to get
to 15) ______ town. We got lost one or two times along 16) ______ way. On
17) ______ dirt road that didn’t go anywhere. When we finally made it 18)
______ town was everything we expected. Small town square with 19) ______
water fountain. 20) ______ church right on 21) ______ square, and 22)
______ small bazaar with local produce. 23) ______ people were just as nice as
our 24) ______ friends said they would be. We found our guest house easily,
and 25) ______ owner let us up to our room on 26) ______ top floor.

First we relaxed for 27) ______ bit. Took 28) ______ shower, changed clothes,
and went out to get 29) ______ bite to eat. 30) ______ owner of 31) ______
guest house recommended 32) ______ restaurant right across from 33) ______
church. He said it was 34) ______ best in town. Probably because it was 35)
______ only one in town we could find. 36) ______ food was great, extremely
spicy for my taste, and 37) ______ waiters were chatty. We asked them about
38) ______ outskirts of 39) ______ town. Some hiking routes, places to see,
and 40) ______ things to do in general.

It all sounded very nice. We were sure we could have 41) ______ relaxing
holiday in 42) ______ town. Then one of 43) ______ younger kids who were
running around 44) ______ restaurant came up to us. He started telling us 45)
______ story about 46) ______ place that 47) ______ older people in 48)
______ town won’t tell you about. He said 49) ______ kids in 50) ______ town
only know of it. 51) ______special place not too far away from 52) ______
church.

In 53) ______ forest, on top of 54) ______ hill south of 55) ______ town,
there’s 56) ______ house. 57) ______ kid told us it’s been there for hundreds
of years. He also said that it was haunted.
We always loved 58) ______ adventures. I always wanted to see 59) ______
haunted house. We decided to check it out as soon as 60) ______ sun sets.