Andy sat at the big bay window of the beach house his parents had rented for the weekend. It was an old beach house that had seen better days. But his parents had said that they thought it was charming just because it was so run-down. Andy didn't mind one way or the other and right now, he was reading a book in the dim light of an old-fashioned ship's lantern that hung on the wall near the window.
He looked up to watch a gray cloud slip over the full moon. Then the cloud passed and the moon's reflection reappeared on the dark sea.
"Perfect night for reading about ghosts," Andy said to himself. He took one last took out the window. Then he returned to his book. Something he read made him grin. He turned to his nine-year-old sister, Lisa.
"How would you like to see a ghost?" he said.
"What are you talking about?"
Andy showed her the cover of the book. The title was, How to Conjure up Ghosts.
"The easiest ghost to call up is a mirror ghost," Andy said. "You have to stand in front of a mirror. You repeat the name of the ghost you want to see. Then it appears in the mirror."
"Oh, sure," said Lisa. "The only ghost you'll see will be yourself. You're always dying to stand in front of a mirror, so you can comb your hair. I get tired of watching you."
"Ha, ha," said Andy. "Well, I'm going to try it, whether you like it or not."
"I don't like you to do weird things when Mom and Dad aren't home," Lisa said.
"They're only at the Brewster's house, right down the road," Andy replied. "Look, I should be out at the amusement pier," Andy went on. "Instead I have to baby-sit for you. I think I deserve a little fun."
"What's fun about ghosts?"
"I'll call up one that's fun," Andy answered.
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