The kids went up to the attic.
It was very dark and dusty.
They saw things to play with.
"Old books!" Emmy said.
"Old toys!" Harry said.
Oliver looked around.
"There's a ghost in the corner!" he said.
"There's no such thing as ghosts," Harry said.
"You imagined it," Emmy said.
Thump! "I did not imagine it!" Oliver said.
"It was just the wind," Harry said.
"Let's get some flashlights," Emmy said.
The kids went back to the attic with flashlights.
Harry walked toward the old toys.
He gasped. "One is missing!"
Thump! "That was not the wind!" Oliver said.
Emmy looked at the old books.
"A book is missing too!" she said.
"This attic is haunted!" Oliver said.
Emmy shined her flashlight.
"I see some hair," she said.
"Ghosts don't have hair."
Harry shined his flashlight.
"I see paw prints in the dust!
Ghosts don't have paws."
Oliver took a deep breath.
He stepped toward the corner.
Something was there.
It was . . .
"Rover!" Oliver cried.
Rover was chewing on the toy.
The book lay nearby.
The kids laughed.
"Rover followed us up here," said Emmy.
Oliver patted the dog.
"Rover likes the attic too!"