Shirley Jackson's Short Story Essay: The Haunted House

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There once was an ant that lived a great vast forest. He had many brothers and sisters so he had so much fun in the forest but sometimes he wondered what was outside of the great forest that he lived in. so one evening he went out to go see the outside of the great forest. So it was morning and he had made to the city! When the whole city was visible from the top of a hill he was befuddled by all the smells they were making his nose dizzy and the sounds were like air horn going off everywhere. The sights were awesome huge towers and tiny houses. He heard people yelling and cars rumbling and the smells where amazing fresh fruits the insane smelling hot dogs that made him dizzy! Back at his house his parents were very worried about their little boy so they set out to find their son. They left at night got there a morning they saw footprints of their son. …show more content…

The parents were so happy and confused at how he lived here so they went in and talked to him and the boy said he had won the lottery for ant and they talked about all the things he did when they were gone like: winning the lottery, made billion dollars and made multi-million dollar business. So his parents decided to stay with him. And they all had a wonderful life in the

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