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       The Real McCoy & Other Ghost Stories

 One night; four friends were in a hotel. They were speaking while they were in the living room. They were talking about ghosts. Gordan's friends said Lord McCoys's ghost is there . But Gordan didn't believe in this . He said there isn't a ghost. After that , Duncan said : "İf you don't believe the ghost , sleep in McCoy's bedroom. Gordan accepted this offer. When they went to sleep ,  Gordan went to McCoy's bedroom. Fiona and Duncan spoke about Gordan in the other room. Duncan was going to scare him. After half an hour , Gordan fell asleep and he saw McCoy in his dream. He heard McCoy's laughing in his dream. He was afraid and suddenly he woke up.

  He was thirsty and tired. Then he heard some strange noise. He was afraid of this sound. Then he got back to bed and slept. This time Gordan saw four woman and they were wives of McCoy. One of them screamed while looking behind of Gordan. Gordan heard laughing of McCoy. Then he woke up again and ran out of the room but door was locked. He could open. There was somebody behind him. And he looked back ; He was Duncan. Then other friends came and they thought ghost was her . However ,  Duncan said ghost isn't me. And they lookedat  Lord McCoy's sword. It wasn't. And real McCoy ghost came while they were talking.

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Characters:

Gordon : He is the person who saw the gost .

Duncan : She was a friend of Gordonwho wanted to joke him.

Fiona : She is Gordon's friend .

Heather : He is another friend of Gordon in the story .

Lord McCoy : He was the lord of Scotland and his picture is on the wall of the castle.

Vocubulary Section

Sword:(n)a weapon with a long metal blade (= sharp cutting part) and a handle(kılıç)

Scared:(adj)frightened of something or afraid that something bad might happen(korku) 

Towards:(v)getting closer to achieving something(-e doğru)

Appear: (v) to start to be seen.

Anna was at her best friend Julia's house for homework. They talked about their future after school. Anna wanted to be an astronaut in NASA, so she wrote a letter to them. Nobody knew Anna's ambition, but her Uncle Bob knew that. One day , he gave his old computer to Anna. When Anna went to bed , computer suddenly turned itself on . Next night was the same but now there was a message. It says ''Follow your dreams Anna'' and Anna thought that it was from her Uncle. Next day , she talked to her uncle about this incident but he said that it wasn't him . Next night when message arrived , Anna replied.

Strange Messages

They talked for a while and then computer friend sent it's photo to Anna. It was a photo of a young woman, with dark hair. She sent it to Julia and Julia said that she needs to said it to her parents. Then Anna went to her father, he turned on the TV and Anna saw there the same woman that was in her computer. She asked about that woman and her dad said that she died 10 years ago in space.Anna was really sad. But in the next days she talked about her NASA ambitions with her mother, father and uncle Bob. Then her parents tlaked with her teachers and accepted her. So Anna went to study college in USA. After 5 years when she finished the college, she started to work in NASA. She took her Uncle Bob's computer with her and never forgot about that messages from space.

Anna is the girl that dreams to become an astronaut and work in NASA.

Julia is Anna's best friend from school. They meet and do their homework together.

Uncle Bob is Julia's uncle. He knows about Anna's dream and gave her a computer.

Maın Characters In The Story

Footprints in the Snow

Sally started telling her story; She's Gran sometimes told their strange stories. She loved talking about her husband. He died before Sally was born. She said she hear him at night. But nobody believed her. One winter morning, Sally saw something moving in the kitchen. That night, Richard's room looked bad. Nothing strange happened for two days. But on the third day, the TV broke down and the lights suddenly went out. Gran said that George did it. Later that night, they heard some very strange noises. They came from the garden. Suddenly, the ground moved. Then the earthquake finished. They lost their house. They could see some footprints in the snow. Sally thanked to George.

Main Characters

Sally: She was 14 years old. She and her family lived in New Zeland.

Gran: She was 82 years old. She always said that the ghost is her husband, George.

Richard: He's Sally's brother.

George: He was dead before Sally was born. He had very big feet. Probably , he was the ghost in the story .

Part 4: A Christmas Ghost

Alex and Dan were from London. They went to Australia because their office was closed for two weeks at Christmas. They saw kangaroo then their car's engine was broke and they stopped. 

Then one man dissapeared there and they told their engine problems. And the man brought them to the Hotel. Alex and Dan stayed in the hotel for 1 day.

The hotelier was look like sad and serios. 

Next day Alex and Dan went to the coachman. 

And they had it repaired. But they saw the lost man on the Televison. And that's man was looked like the man they saw yesterday.

Actually he was the man.

Dan: He works in a big office. He's from London.

Alex: He works in a big office. He's from London.

Christmas Ghost: He is 19 years old. He has long brown hair. He is tall.

Part 5: The Egyptian Cat

Jill and her husband Alan was on holiday in Cairo, Egypt. Alan has wanted to go there because he has wanted to teach all things about Ancient Egypt. At their last day in Egypt, Alan has wanted to go market and do some shopping. They have gone many shops and suddenly Jill has seen a wooden cat. Jill loved cats, so she has bought it. After they have left the shop, the man has called them the cat has a magic on itself, but they haven't believed him. They have gone to England with the cat.