The Haunted Mills of Lenoir

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The Haunted Mills of Lenoir

• By Ms. Jones

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This is a Choose Your Own Adventure story. The
reader chooses what the characters do in the
story. At the end of each slide there is either
a picture or a list of two choices. Click your
choice or the picture to advance to the next
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It was a dark and stormy summer night, when
Melissa, Leslie, and Kelly decided to go explore
the haunted mills in Lenoir. They had always
heard stories about what went on after midnight
and the people that went to see the ghost that
haunted the old Mill. Sometimes they never come
back.
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Needless to say Melissa was not exactly thrilled
to be going to the mill, Tell me again why we
have to go to these mills? Why arent we staying
inside tonight, watching a movie with popcorn,
and staying dry?
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Come on Melissa, where is your sense of
adventure, said Kelly. Yeah, Melissa you are
the one who told us about the haunted mills and
said how much you would like to go and see them.
Besides you dont believe in ghosts Leslie
stated.
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I meant that we should go during the day when
it is light outside and I said that I did not
believe in ghost, but I have no desire to meet
one, cried Melissa. Leslie and Kelly did not
pay any attention to Melissa and kept right on
walking down the path to the haunted woods.
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Up ahead there was a fork in the path. Which
path do we take Melissa? asked Kelly. How
should I know? I have never been here either,
remarked Melissa. The path split to the right
and to the left.
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The path to the right looked clear and well
traveled, while the path on the left was
overgrown with weeds, trees, and tall grass.
Melissa quickly spoke up, I think that we
should take the path to the right. It looks like
more people have used that one. Yeah, said
Kelly, I think that we should take the path on
the right.
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Of course we should not take the path to the
right. It is too well traveled to be the path to
the haunted mills. We should take the path to
the left exclaimed Leslie.Right PathLeft Path
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So they took a vote and decided that Leslie was
wrong, the path to the left was not the path to
the haunted mills. If they were wrong they could
just come back to the fork and take the path to
the left at a later time.
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All around them were flashes of light as the
lightning got closer and closer to them. The
gentle rumbling of thunder that they had heard
before leaving Melissas house was now sounding
more like the crashing of cars. The wind was
howling all around them, making it difficult to
talk without shouting.
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We have got to find some shelter or we are going
to get blown away, shouted Melissa. Shes
right, exclaimed Leslie, start looking for a
place to get out of the storm. They looked all
around, but there was no place to get out of the
storm. Maybe we should just go back to Melissas
house, shouted Kelly. No, shouted Melissa,
we are too far away from my house we would never
make it back. Well I still think that we
should turn back, said Kelly.
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So they kept going, hoping that they would find
someplace soon to get out of the storm. Look,
please tell me that is not my imagination.
Please tell me that I do really see a hut up
there, questioned Kelly. No, you are not
imagining it. Because I see it too! exclaimed
Leslie. The three girls scurried up to the hut,
hoping that someone lived in the hut.
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No one lived in the hut and the doors were
locked. What do we do now? asked Melissa. We
could always break the window and then pay the
owner of the hut for the damage that we cause.
Or we could take our chances and keep on going,
replied Leslie Keep GoingBreak Glass
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The girls decided that Melissa should break the
glass and then crawl through the window and let
the other two in through the front door. Once
the girls were safe inside the hut, they started
to look for something to start a fire so that
they could dry off their clothes.
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I found some wood and matches over here in this
cabinet, said Melissa. Who can start the fire
because I will burn myself if I try to do this?
asked Leslie. I will do it, remarked Kelly.
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Kelly got the fire going nice and strong. The
three girls sat in front of the fire getting nice
and warm.What are we going to do now? asked
Melissa, If my parents walk into my room and
find that we are not there, I am going to be
grounded for life.
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No one answered Melissa because they were already
fast asleep. The next thing that Melissa knew,
someone was calling her name, along with Kelly
and Leslies names. It was the police searching
for them.
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The police took Melissa, Kelly, and Leslie home,
where their joyful parents were waiting for them.
Once the yelling and crying stopped, the parents
told the girls that three different girls had
been found dead at the Haunted Mills and they
were scared it was them.
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The three girls were so spooked that they made
themselves a promise. They would never go back
to the Haunted Mills again.

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At least not in the middle of a storm anyway.
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Leslie won the vote and the girls started down
the left path. They had to watch where they
placed their feet to make sure that they did not
step on anything that could bite them.
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The girls did not want to get in trouble for
breaking into the hut so they decided to continue
on hoping that they would come to another shelter
soon.
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The girls had been walking for a very long time
when suddenly Melissa runs into something. It
was the haunted mill! The girls had found the
mill. Now how do we get in this door? asked
Melissa. As if the mill had heard her, the girls
heard a creaking noise and the door slowly swings
open.
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That was too creepy! explained Melissa, are we
sure that we still want to go in here?Quit
being a scaredy cat and lets go. At least it
will be dry in there, shouted Leslie.Go
insideGo home
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The girls slowly made their way into the dark
mill. Leslie was the brave one, so she was in
front. Right behind her Kelly had a death grip
on Leslies arm. Melissa brought up the rear and
she had an even tighter grip on Kellys shirt
tail.

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As soon as the three girls were inside the door
slams shut behind them and they hear the click of
the door locking. AAAHHHHH!, went all three
girls. We are trapped, cried
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We are trapped, cried Melissa, What are we
going to do now? There is a door over there,
lets go and try it. demanded Kelly
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Melissa, you go first, demanded Leslie. So
Melissa creeped over to the door and tried to
turn the knob. As soon as she did a trap door
opens up, sending all three girls into a dark
cavern.
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They slowly start to stand, looking around for
each other. Up ahead is a faint light that the
girls can barely see. The girls slowly make
their way to the light. It was completely dark
so they had to feel their way around so they
would not get hurt.
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Suddenly Melissa screams bloody murder, Theres
something in my hair. She takes off running and
slips on the wet, slippery cavern floor.
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Melissas running causes Kelly to fall. Wake up
Kelly! screams Melissa and Leslie. Oh, please
wake up!
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Kelly slowly wakes up. Where am I?, asked
Kelly. Melissa and Leslie were so excited that
Kelly was awake. You fell and bumped your
head, exclaimed Melissa, forgetting to mention
that she was the reason that Kelly fell in the
first place.
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Leslie and Melissa helped Kelly stand up and
waited until she could stay up by herself.
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The girls continued to the light ahead of them
with each step it was getting bigger and bigger.
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At last they came to the opening and were finally
free of the cavern. Up ahead they see the hut
that they had walked passed earlier.
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The three girls decided to just go back to
Melissas house.
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On the way back the girls got so tired that they
decided to sit down for just a minute. Whats
our next step guys?, asked Melissa.