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Twins: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, we scared him! We scared him!
Do you feel
Virginia: This is not funny. Leave him alone! Virginia is different

Mr Otis: I don’t think he will be back. from the rest of the
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members of the Otis
Mrs Otis: Come on, our breakfast is getting cold. family?

(They sit at the table and keep eating.)

SCENE IV

(The ghost is in his room.)

Ghost: Oh, I feel so tired and weak! I will not get out of this place for a few days. Those
kids are a nightmare! I feel sad and so humiliated. Mmm, but who was the other ghost?

I’ll go out and find out, maybe he will help me get rid of this family. Now there will be two
ghosts in the castle!

(The ghost gets out of his room and looks for the other ghost. At the end of the hall he sees it.)

Ghost: There it is! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

(He approaches the other ghost which has a paper hanging with a written message. The
Canterville Ghost reads it.)
Ghost: I am the Otis Ghost. The only and original. All other ghosts are imitations. Ha, ha,

ha, ha, ha.

(The ghost is furious. He goes to his room. When he opens the door a bucket with blue paint
falls over his head. The twins get out of his bed laughing and they get out of the room.)

Ghost: I can’t stand this family! They don’t care! They don’t deserve the blood stain! How
did they get into my room?

(He locks the door and sits. There’s a noise.
Virginia tries to open the door with a key.)

Ghost: Someone is trying to open the door!

(The door opens and Virginia enters the room.)

Virginia: Oh, Mr Ghost, I feel so sorry for you.
Please forgive my family.

Ghost: Those kids are so disrespectful!

Virginia: I have good news for you. My brothers
will not be here tomorrow, so they will not
bother you. Please, try to behave.

Ghost: Are you telling me that I’m the one who needs to behave? What about your family?
They are not afraid of me! I want to scare people. It’s my only reason for existing.

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