The
Playground
Ghost
Once upon a time in a school,
next to the sports hut and the pool,
far from the road into town,
was a spooky playground.
Kids at the school didn't want to play.
In the playground on a sunny day,
the swings moved up and down,
and side to side all on their own.
The big slide was sometimes grimy,
with something green, slippery and slimy.
The carousel spun with
a creaking sound,
but no one was pushing it around.
At the school was a lonely girl,
with long curly hair, called
Pearl.
The other kids told her she couldn't play with them,
so she wouldn't.
Pearl spent her time looking out at the spooky slide and
roundabout and the swings that creaked
and groaned.
Why were they moving on their own?
One afternoon, after lunch break,
Pearl decided to investigate.
While everyone else played inside,
she walked towards the big slide.
It was covered in green slime again.
She went deeper into the playground then.
The swings were now silent and still.
Pearl shivered, like she had a chill.
At the edge of the playground
were some trees.
They were tall, with dark spiky leaves.
Pearl parted their branches
and peered inside.
Boo!
Out of the trees a ghost did glide.
Ah!
Pearl jumped out of her skin.
The little white ghost gave
a ghostly grin.
It flew around her with a twirl and
then back into the trees it whirled.
The shock began to wear off
Pearl.
She wasn't afraid of a ghost that twirled.
Who are you? she called into the trees.
The ghost came back out,
looking pleased.
Who are you? the ghost said to
Pearl.
She told it her name, and he did a whirl.
I'm a lonely ghost, the ghost said.
Then it bowed his white little head.
Everyone ig nores me, he did say.
I'm always here, but they won't play
Me too, I'll play with you, said
Pearl
Yippee! the ghost did an excited twirl
Let's play hide and seek, the ghost said
It disappeared into the air instead
Hey, that's not fair !"
Pearl did shout.
Then she spotted the ghost
on the roundabout.
Found you!
She laughed and went to hide,
right underneath the big slimy slide.
The ghost popped out there with a
BOO!
It giggled and said,
Found you too!
The pair were having so much fun that soon
they'd been seen by everyone
Who's
Pearl playing with?
The other kids said
Their eyes boggled out
of their heads
The kids came out into the playground
Boo! said the ghost and whirled around
It's a friendly ghost!
Pearl told the others
At last, they all played with one another.