When we left the back yard. Then my friends and I went in the mansion and saw a the shadow of a knife on the wall! In the next room we heard someone say, "I am going to hurt you!" We tried to get out but the doors were locked! So we found out that it wasn't a lie, the house really was hauhnted! It was getting late, and we were about to fall asleep when I saw the lights flickering on and off. We began to scream and the flickering stopped! Then we heard someone say, "who's there! We all screamed! It became quiet again, and we tried to fall asleep but couldn't. At the crack of dawn we searched for a way out. With the light of the rising sun we noticed a window that could be opened. We snuck out the window and headed foe home. Our parents were worried half to death, but they were so happy that we made it home! Then my parents asked us what happened. So I told them why we were late, but they didn't believe me. We'll never ride our bike to the Tjaden Mansion ever again.So I asked my dad if next year we could stay home and hand out candy to the kids and he said om ah maybe YES so that's what we did that night while my mom and dad went out to eat. So we had the hole house to our self and after 9:00 we ate the rest of the candy in the basket and the next day we all puked and it was a school day so my