Narrative Essay On Old Man Jenkins House

Old Man Jenkins’s House
In the happy little town of Bradberry, everything was absolutely normal; except for old man Jenkins’s house. There was a story in the town, that Thomas Jenkins had gone mad in the house and killed his wife and children on October thirty-first, 1981. It is still believed that Jenkins lives in the house all alone, consequently, everyone avoids the house, only going near it if it is absolutely necessary. However, there was a game between the children of the town and it happened every year on Halloween night. They would try to see who could get the closest to the house and they counted this as a test of each other’s bravery. The “bravest” of the children would be the most favored person in school come the next school day, however, no one had ever actually infiltrated the house. This Halloween would be different, and everyone could feel it in the cold
The house looked uninhabited, as she drew near, but one could never tell what lurked inside. The windows were busted and glass was scattered everywhere, while the tattered drapes swayed in the breeze. Plants adorned the porch, ranging from moss to vines to ivy, and almost every wooden board on the porch was broken or cracked. The boards stuck up like little trees growing haphazardly in every direction. Amy climbed the steps cautiously placing every step softly so she did not fall and injure herself. The door was halfway off of it’s hinges and it groaned when she vigilantly pushed it open. “Hello? Is anyone there?” she called into the deserted hallway. The only response she got was the chirping of crickets and the hooting of the owls in the woods outside. So she kept going down the torn up hall, passing a door she presumed led to the dining room. Amy reached the end of the hall and opened the door on her left. It opened to a bathroom, and just when she went to shut the door, she saw movement in the