Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark-2

" Alright, You asked for it. It is a true story. It happened to one of my friends."

" Every horror story starts with that line; isn't it time to retire that phrase?" Mary said, mocking his imagination.

" Laugh all you want; it is from his perspective. I will repeat what he told me that day.

'When he was a child, he lived on a street with a haunted house. A large and happy family had lived in the house until one night when one of the children was playing with matches. The youngest boy of the family dropped a lit match on his bed but was too scared to call out for help.

What happens next? "

Samuel thought that Peter could have been a better storyteller; the tempo was off, and his delivery could have been better. Peter continued-

"The boy was burned alive under his covers. His parents and two sisters died with him in flames.