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Speaker 1: The vacuum cleaner that sucked up a ghost. There were

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two things Katie didn't like doing on Saturday mornings, one cleaning.

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Two cleaning with the world's oldest, loudest, dust blowing vacuum cleaner.

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Her mom called it old Suckeroo. Katie called it the

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noisy noodle. It groaned, it moaned, It made sounds like

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a walrus playing a broken tuba. But it still kind

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of worked just about up to the attic with you,

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Katie said mom one morning, that dust isn't going to

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clean itself. Katie sighed and dragged old Sukereo up the

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creaky stairs. She plugged it in with a dramatic sigh.

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All right, noodle, she muttered, let's eat some cobwebs. The

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vacuum wheezed to life as Katie sucked up dust, bunnies

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and old socks. She suddenly heard something behind a stack

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of board games. Boo, Katie froze. She peeked around the pile. Nothing,

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then oohoo, I'm so bored.

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Speaker 2: She turned nothing bored, I said, this time a puff

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of green mist floated up from a half open suitcase.

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Speaker 1: Two little ghostly eyes blinked at her. A ghost. Katie yelped.

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Oh phew, said the ghost, flopping in midair like a

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tired balloon. Someone finally noticed me. I've been haunting this

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attic since eighteen ninety four and nobody ever visits. I'm Harold.

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Wanna play board games? Katie didn't. Harold floated closer. How

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about Monopoly or ghostoppily or guess who? Katie panicked, reached

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for Old suckeroo, and the ghost got slurped up with

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one mighty vacuum blast. There was a moment of silence,

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Then the vacuum burped well and blinked. Katie stared at it.

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The power switch flicked off by itself, then on, then off.

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Then the vacuum rolled forward a few inches by itself.

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Oh no, said Katie, What have I done? That afternoon

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things got weird. The vacuum followed her. It clattered down

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the stairs. It snuck behind her into the kitchen. When

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she sat down to eat a banana, it zoomed over

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and sucked the whole banana out of her hand. Hey,

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Katie shouted. The vacuum made a noise that sounded suspiciously

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like yum. That night, Katie woke to find Old suckeroo.

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Beside her bed. It was holding an empty Crisp packet

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on its nozzle like a tiny crunchy hat. I'm hungry,

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it whispered, feed me, Katie, I am not feeding a

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vacuum cleaner. In the middle of the night, the vacuum rumbled.

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It zoomed into the kitchen and started slurping up cereal boxes,

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corn flakes gone, ran flakes gone, a bag of frozen

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peas gone. Katie chased it around with a broom. You're

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a cleaning appliance, not a snap monster. I'm haunted. It

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burned like grave crumbs. Feed me biscuits, or I'll vacuum

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up your homework. The next day, at school, things got worse.

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Katie thought she left the vacuum at home. She didn't.

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During math class, it rolled in through the door. The

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teacher gasped. The vacuum blared feed me math snacks. Then

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it sucked up an entire tray of number blocks. In science,

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it gobbled a beaker of mystery goo and burned out

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bubbles that smelled like broccoli and old socks. In pe,

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it swallowed three skipping ropes, one trainer, and the class

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hamster's exercise ball. Thankfully the hamster was not inside. Katie

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ran into the toilets to hide. I've created a snack

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hungry monster, she muttered, correct whispered the vacuum from under

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the sink. Also, I ate your pencil case. That evening,

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Katie had had enough, right, she said, dragging old suckeroo

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back into the attic. You're going back where you came from.

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But I like being haunted, it said, in a ghostly wheeze.

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I have flavor now. Nope, said Katie. She opened the hatch.

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The vacuum made a whimpering wheeze. She pulled the cord

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from the wall and said, firmly, out with you, Harold

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the ghost. The lights flickered, then a little out floated

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Harold again, dizzy, covered in crumbs and holding a half

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sucked marshmallow. That was wild, he said. I dreamed I

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was a hoover with feelings you were, said Katie. I

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miss snacks all right, Eddie, Harold sighed. Katie scratched her chin.

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Maybe there's another way you're bored, right, You want attention desperately,

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and you love snacks badly, Katie smiled. A week later,

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the town was buzzing. Kids lined up outside the Haunted Snackshack,

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where a friendly ghost named Harold hovered over a counter

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serving popcorn that popped itself, fizzy drinks that changed color,

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and sandwiches that reassembled when you bit them. Would you

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like that toast? Terrified, he'd ask Behind the counter sat

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Old Suckaroo retired, cleaned up, and finally at peace, just

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sucking up spilled crumbs and occasionally sighing. Ah. Katie ran

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the counter and handed out spooky stickers. It was the

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hottest spot in town. Harold was happy the vacuum was full,

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and Katie she never had to vacuum the attic again.

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The end