On a nice summer morning, little Jimmy Thomason was going to
his grandmothers house. She lived just a
few streets over and his parents allowed him to go by himself if he stayed on
the sidewalk. His parents were going on
vacation to Hawaii
and he was staying with her until they got back home. It was a really hot day and he was hoping
that his grandmother had made her famous lemonade. As he was thinking about this delicious
lemonade, he passed the “Old Robinson Estate”.
The family passed away about 50 years ago and their ghosts are said to
haunt the house. There was a robbery at
their house and they along with their pets were killed by the robbers. No one ever went into the house after that
fateful day. The grass was tall and
brown from the heat. Even though the
family that lived there were kind and kept the place beautiful, you could not
tell it by the way it looks today. Jimmy never liked the looks of the house and
didn’t like to be around it. When he got
close, Jimmy ran past the estate and suddenly a sharp pain hit his leg. He fell to the ground and knew right away
what had happened. He looked at his leg
and saw the evidence. A bee’s stinger
sticking out. He quickly pulled the
stinger out, reached into this backpack for his EpiPen and injected the
medicine into his leg. Soon the swelling
went down. He quickly arrived at his
grandmother’s house where she had ice cold lemonade waiting for him. As he walked in the door, he told his
grandmother that he got stung by a bee.
She glanced down and saw that his leg looked back to normal. She said she was proud of him for being so
brave and taking care of himself so well.
Coming in to the kitchen, Jimmy sat down and asked his
grandmother about the story of the Estate.
He had heard it before, but wanted to hear it again. As she told the story, she added one new
detail! She said that their fortune
still lies in the attic because of the spirits still trapped in the house. His grandmother told him not to go into the
attic and she also told him that this house was built over a gravesite. A cemetery that sank into the ground many
years ago. She mentioned that a group of
construction workers were going to tear down the house and make a new
mini-mall. Jimmy thought that would be a
great idea since he didn’t like the looks of the place.
That night after Jimmy went to bed at his grandmothe’rs
house, he thought about the Old Robinson Estate and what his grandmother had
said. He was so glad that it was going
to be torn down, but wait! What about
the new detail that his grandmother told him today about the fortune still in
the attic! He got up out of bed to ask
his grandmother one question. When he
crept down the stairs, his grandmother was sitting on the front porch. Jimmy went to join her and ask her about the
fortune. He asked, “Can I go to the
house and look for the fortune in the attic”.
His grandmother said “Jimmy, you are always so afraid of that place. Are you sure you can take on the house before
it’s torn down?” Jimmy answered
“Yes. I’m brave enough”. Grandmother replied “Well, you need to be
extra careful. I don’t want anything
happening while you parents are away.”
Jimmy decided that he would go tonight!
He knew that he was scared, but he had no time to waste.
Jimmy put on the same clothes that he wore earlier. Down the steps he went, kissing his
grandmother on the cheek. He grabbed the
red wagon that was sitting in the yard just in case the fortune was in a
safe.
Jimmy went through his grandmother’s gate and turned
right. Heading directly to the Estate on
that hot night. As he approached the
Estate he had second thoughts. One, he
could go inside and grab the fortune, but what if there was no fortune. What if it was all just a story. Two, he could turn and go back to the safety
of his own bed. He flipped a coin, heads
go get the fortune, tails he would head home.
After the coin flip, and putting his fear aside, he headed up the
sidewalk to the front gates of the Estate.
The gates were large and heavy and creaked as Jimmy opened them. Fortunately the gates weren’t locked! As he walked up the front walk, he noticed a
ladder leaning against the brick wall.
Now he knew how the robbers got into the Estate. Slowly in fear, he went up the steps and to
the front door. The house seemed
sad. Maybe it was sad that the good
family who lived there, passed away inside.
He pictured before the robbery took place, the house was happy and
strong as the family lived on. As Jimmy
opened the door, he heard the floorboards creak under his feet, which made him
shiver. Suddenly, he heard a mysterious
noise. He quickly realized it was just
the wind wailing through the windows.
After investigating the hallway, he found the attic door. Jimmy opened the door and found a never
ending stairwell. Jimmy knew it was
going to take a long time to get to the attic.
It was hard to pull the wagon up the stairs and he knew that it was
going to be even more difficult to bring it down.
By the time he reached the top of the stairs, he saw a safe.
The safe said “Property of Robinson’s”.
Jimmy found a piece of paper with the combination. He put the numbers in the safe and it opened
right up with a creak. Then he saw a bag
with a “$” symbol. He quickly grabbed
the bag, and realized that he didn’t need the wagon. He could make it out of the house even
quicker. As he turned to go downstairs,
he stepped on a shovel which flung a ball into the hair and hit a hornets
nest. As he was going down the stairs,
he felt something sharp hit his arm, then he heard it. The buzzing.
He ran as fast as he could out the front door, the hornets stopped
chasing him and went back to their nest.
When Jimmy reached down to his pants to get his EpiPen, the pen was
gone. He looked around and saw it on the
stairs. But by this time, he was so weak
and frightened that he would get stung again he couldn’t get the pen. As he lay on the dusty couch, he then saw a
white figure walk toward him holding his pen.
Then the white figure put the pen into Jimmy’s hand and said “I believe
this belongs to you” and the figure disappeared. Vanished into thin air. Jimmy injected the medicine into his
leg. He lay there for a few more minutes
thinking about what had happened. He
went back to grandma’s house and showed his grandmother the fortune and told
her the story.
Three days later, he told the press about his experience in
that house and the construction was halted and they decided to build the mini
mall somewhere else.
Jimmy was happy because he knew the people who lived in the
house were still living their today.
They were good ghosts and he knew there was nothing to fear at the Old
Robinson Estate any more.
