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  1. hello-zombie: THE DEAD MAN’S HAND The students at the school for nurses got along quite well with one another, except for Alice.  The trouble with Alice was that she was perfect.  At least that is how it seemed to the other students. She was always friendly and always cheerful.  Nothing ever upset her.  Her school assignments were always on time, and always perfect.  She didn’t even bit her fingernails. Many of the student nurses resented Alice.  They would have liked to see her fail at something—become frightened, or cry, or do something that showed she had weaknesses like they did. One night several students tried to frighten Alice with a practical joke.  They borrowed the hand of a corpse they had been studying in anatomy and tied it to the light cord in her closet.  When she tried to turn on the light, she would find herself holding a dead man’s hand.  “That would scare anybody,” one of them said.  “If it doesn’t scare her, nothing will.” After tying the hand in place, they went to the movies.  When they got back, Alice was asleep.  But when they didn’t see her the next morning, they decided to find out what had happened. There was no sign of Alice in her room.  But they soon found her.  She was sitting on the floor in her closet staring at the the dead man’s hand and mumbling to herself.  Alice didn’t even look up.  The “joke” had worked, but nobody was laughing. —More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Stephen Gammell

    hello-zombie:

    THE DEAD MAN’S HAND

    The students at the school for nurses got along quite well with one another, except for Alice.  The trouble with Alice was that she was perfect.  At least that is how it seemed to the other students.

    She was always friendly and always cheerful.  Nothing ever upset her.  Her school assignments were always on time, and always perfect.  She didn’t even bit her fingernails.

    Many of the student nurses resented Alice.  They would have liked to see her fail at something—become frightened, or cry, or do something that showed she had weaknesses like they did.

    One night several students tried to frighten Alice with a practical joke.  They borrowed the hand of a corpse they had been studying in anatomy and tied it to the light cord in her closet.  When she tried to turn on the light, she would find herself holding a dead man’s hand.  “That would scare anybody,” one of them said.  “If it doesn’t scare her, nothing will.”

    After tying the hand in place, they went to the movies.  When they got back, Alice was asleep.  But when they didn’t see her the next morning, they decided to find out what had happened.

    There was no sign of Alice in her room.  But they soon found her.  She was sitting on the floor in her closet staring at the the dead man’s hand and mumbling to herself.  Alice didn’t even look up. 

    The “joke” had worked, but nobody was laughing.

    —More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Stephen Gammell

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    THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A GHOST STORY BOOK FOR KIDS.
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    I’ve been looking for these books in my closet for an eternity. //27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kth4o8IXK11qzh5gno1_400.gif...
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    Could tell what it was from from the illustration >_
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    books of my childhood this is why im so morbid
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