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   At 9: 30 p. m. yesterday, I was sitting in my chair, listening to a strange sound. It made me ______.

This was the third time I heard the ______. I didn t know who or what made the sound. It sounded like someone was knocking at my ______, but I lived on the ninth floor!

I was ______ scared to open my eyes until the sound stopped. I thought about asking for help, but I was sure people would ______ me. “There are no such things as ghosts,” they’d say.

“There it is again!” I shouted My mom came upstairs and ______ me what was going on. Then she heard the strange noise too. She went into the bathroom. I wanted to ______ my mom because I was afraid that something bad would happen to her. ______ she started laughing. “It’s OK, dear. It’s just a strong wind making your curtain shake and knock the window.”

I was very surprised. Since then, I’ve started thinking more ______. In the world, there are ______ ghosts. I don’t need to be afraid. If such things happen again, I will do like what my mom did and find out the truth.