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The Wish

Story Stats

Rating: 6

Grade Level: 4, 5, 6

Page count: 3

Categories: Halloween, Horror, Scary

Author

Roald

Dahl

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Appeared in

Wolf's Complete Book of Terror

Story Summary

A young boy must make it across the living room carpet touching only the yellow parts but halfway across he gets stuck and meets his worst fears.