One Monday morning, on the day the school inspector comes to visit, Patrick Vaughan brings a ghost in for the Nature Table in his classroom. Everyone in his class knows it's a real ghost, except for the adults. His teacher doesn't believe him. The school principal doesn't believe him. Even the School Inspector doesn't believe him. That is, until the ghost gets out of his jar and spooks them all...
This short story was first published in a collection of original ghost stories, entitled Shiver. It was also published in a collection of short stories for Irish Primary Schools entitled Yarns.
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