The House t the End of the Road

1 There w s n old house in Tom

nd S die’s neighborhood.

I haven’t seen lights on

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in that house before. No, it has been
empty for years.

How about
ts going inside? OK. Let’s go meet
our new neighbors.
the

2 The b ck door 3
w s unlocked.

Ugh! Bats!
Don’t

heir

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Hello? Is anyone
home?
This place looks like
something out of a We haven’t been
horror movie! upstairs yet.

I think someone’s up there.

How about going upstairs?
Or are you scared?

Look! There are candles.

I think there are people here. H
w

6 Tom nd S die climbed the st irs. 9

There were spiderwebs everywhere.

They haven’t cleaned

this place! Look at Are you scared yet?
all these spiderwebs.

No! I like
scary movies.

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Just then, there w s fl sh of
We haven’t looked lightning nd boom of thunder.
up here yet.
been
et.

Haven’t we been this

OK, now I’m scared!
way already? I don’t
want to get lost.
I was scared
already!

9 A figure ppe red on the st irs bove 10

them. He let out long, terrifying l ugh.

Mwaaaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Aaaaaaahhhhhh!
I am Count Cranium.
Welcome to my house.

Aaaaaaahhhhhh!

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S die and Tom r ced down the st irs. At the
bottom, S die tripped over something nd fell.

Help! It’s got my

leg! What is it? It isn’t the vampire,
it’s just a wire. Where
did that come from?
What
doin

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12 Suddenly, the lights went on. Cut! Wow, fantastic. What
What’s going on? a scream! Who is this?
Where’s the vampire?

Who are
these people?

We’re making a movie.

I’m the director.

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changed the script?

I think we’ve found some

new stars. Can you write
parts for them?

No, I haven’t.

What are they

doing here?
I’m sorry, we’re
exploring.

We wanted to meet Sure!

our new neighbors.

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The director liked S die nd
t Tom’s perform nce.
Hey, you’re Mark Major,
the famous actor!

That was an amazing

performance! Do you
think you can do it again?

How about being in

our movie? Luckily we
haven’t finished it yet.

Yes, please! You haven’t seen anything yet!

And I think you’ve already

met Count Cranium …
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