The House On Maple Street Short Story
The House on Maple Street
On muggy July night, a family was out looking for a house. They turned onto a quiet street named Maple Street. “Hey, what about this house?” Burt Kepler asked Kathy Kepler. “It looks good...so far. It’s not done being built yet.” “I think it looks lovely. Let’s see if any workers are still at the site.” Burt shot back at her. “But…” Mr. Kepler flipped on his turn signal, ignoring his wife. He pulled to the side of the road next to the house. He rolled down his window. “Hello?” Mr. Kepler shouted. “Yes?” A voice replied from somewhere on the side of the house. Mr. and Mrs. Kepler, and their daughter Briea walked around to find the worker. “We would like to buy this house once it is finished.” Mr. Kepler stated. “How would you know? We have just started this. It’s not even halfway done! If you don’t know what the house looks like, why would
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Everybody thought that it was an airplane coming in for the landing. But it wasn’t. IT WAS ALIENS!!!!
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“WHAT!” The whole world seemed to yell. “BRIEA! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!” Kathy asked Briea, screaming. “I SAVED OUR HOUSE! It was Sergeant Peter’s idea to have a war over it! Not mine!” Briea’s voice was shaking . She was obviously close to tears. “Briea! Watch out!” Burt shouted the warning to Briea just in
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