Step by Wicked Step - SUMMARY Chapter 1
It is raining. Mr. Plumley and five pupil from Stagfire School are going to a haunted house in a minibus.Ralpha, Claudia, Robbo, Collin and Pixie have been picked out by Miss O’Dell and herded into the minibus with Mr. Plumley. When they reach Creepsville, they think it is haunted. The last group tells tales of strangeshadows and footsteps and eerie figures in white gown melting through the walls.
There are no lights and Mr. Plumley is
horrified to settle the pupils in pitch dark. They go upstairs as they pass by
oil painted portraits of Harwicks of all ages staring at them. As it is a rainy
night, Pixie preferredsafety in numbers. They have a rule “each bedroom is for
either girls or boys.” Mr. Plumley does not know the rule. He tells the pupils
to settle in while he goes to look for the housekeeper.
Robbo decides to explore two or three more
stairs. He finds two more beds and a bathroom. The boys takethe present room
meanwhile Claudia and Pixie take the other. Colin points at the wall. He
insists there is adoor on the wall. When there is lightning, all of them see
the wall papered door meeting the wall papered wall.
