The Homeless One

There was a homeless man, whose only positions were the clothes on his back, a dog, and a hand gun. One day some men came to him offering him $1,000,000 to sleep in the town’s haunted house. Everyone was scared to even go near it. The bum agreed, believing the challenge to be easy money.

That night he slept in the house. He made his bed and fell asleep. He awoke to a noise; not seeing anything, he went back to sleep. A few hours latter he woke again to what sounded like some one on the stairs. He reached for his gun; nothing happened and the noise stopped, so he went back to bed.

A third time he was again woken up. This time to his dog growling, facing the foot of the bed. He peaked over the blankets and saw two yellow eyes staring at him. He reached for his gun, aimed for the left eye, and fired.

A terrible scream filled the night air. Three men, who swore they would never go near the house, heard the scream. A sudden serge of bravery cursed through them. They ran to the human scream, hoping they would be able to help.

When they got to the house they looked in every room. They didn’t find anything. A low moan had them running up the stairs. They walked into the last room they hadn’t looked in. blood was every where. They saw the homeless man and went to him. They asked what happened. He replied…

“I shot myself in the foot.

-Sam