The Mystery of Adventure Island
I will come and put a curse on you that will last forever. So get off my island!”
    Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke that covered the area. When it drifted away, the ghost was no longer there.
Chapter 6: A Puzzle
     
    “Where did he go?” Joe hurried forward and shone the torch around. No one could be seen .
    The children listened for the next few moments, but nothing could be heard .
    “I want to go home tomorrow,” Sarah wailed.
    “Wait!” Joe said. “Just because something that looked like a ghost—”
    “He was a ghost,” Sarah interrupted. “Did we hear him come? No. Did we hear him go? No. If you think I am going to stay any longer on this island—”
    “Just because you’re scared—” Joe shouted.
    “Hold on everyone,” Will interrupted . “Let’s just all calm down. Why don’t we go back to sleep, try to get a good rest, and talk in the morning? There’s nothing we can do tonight, so let’s think our decision over.”
    “Well, okay,” Sarah said.
    ~
    The sun shone brightly and the seagulls were circling overhead the next morning as the children ate breakfast. Even a few rabbits could be seen hopping around on the grass.
    After finishing off a tin of peaches, Sarah glanced around at everyone. “When are we going to leave?”
    “Why don’t we have a vote?” Joe suggested. “Put your hand up if you want to stay.” He and Will raised their hands. “ Okay, and now put up your hand if you want to go.”
    Amy and Sarah put up their hands.
    Joe stared down at the fire. “Ghosts do not exist, full stop.”
    “Well, whatever thing we saw last night, it looked pretty real to me,” Sarah protested.
    “Me too,” Amy said.
    “What if it was a person dressed up?” Joe suggested. “Just suppose that someone dressed up and pretended to be that religious fellow to scare us off this island.”
    “And why would they do that?” Amy questioned.
    “I don’t know,” Joe confessed. “But I want to find out.”
    Amy glanced at Sarah, then back at Joe. “I’ll give you until
noon
to prove your theory, okay?”
    Joe looked at Will. “If that ghost is a fake, we’ll be able to find some evidence.”
    Will nodded. “Let’s go and search.”
    The children headed to the church which was where the boys wanted to search first. Upon reaching the ruin, they split up and searched the area, looking for anything that might indicate that there was someone else on the island. But they couldn’t find anything.
    “There doesn’t seem to be anything here,” Amy said as she stood in front of the church.
    “But I’m telling you,” Joe said, “there are no such things as…” He paused as he heard a ghostly wail.
    Then, a moment later a ghostly voice shouted out. “Why are you still here?”
    Will looked around but he couldn’t see anyone. He entered the church, but as the voice shouted out again, he realised it wasn’t coming from there. Stepping out, he followed the others to the storehouse.
    Amy shouted out as she saw a white figure in front of the lone window near the roof of the building. “Look!”
    The others peered up but couldn’t see anything. As the ghostly voice fell silent, they questioned Amy.
    “What did you see?” Joe asked.
    “Something white. It was someone or something,” Amy stammered. She had gone a bit pale.
    “Did you see a face?” Will said.
    Amy shook her head. “It was too quick. But there was nothing human about it.” She pointed to the window. “It was right there.”
    Leaving the girls standing outside, the boys entered the storehouse and looked up. “What do you think?” Joe whispered.
    Will looked up at the rotting timber roof above them, but no one could be seen . However, there was one spot directly next to the window that had not rotted away, and it was possible someone could have been hiding there. Will walked further into the building as he tried to find a ladder. But none could be seen.
    “If we had a ladder,” Joe said, “we could place it up
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