Do you believe in ghosts?
Of course you do. And so does Bertie, because he was once haunted by one. It was Halloween, and Bertie’s annoying little brother dared him to sleep in the North Tower of the Palace – which everyone knows is haunted. But fortunately the ghost turned out to be not the scary sort, more the nuisance type of ghost.
Story by Bertie. Read by Natasha. Duration 18.48
It was Halloween, which as you know, is a spooking time of year when ghosts and goblins come out and play tricks on people.
Tim the tadpole was feeling just a bit frightened about the whole idea of Halloween. But he thought that if he could so something funny, that would help him forget about how frightened he really was.
So he swam up behind Bertie and said:
“Woooooooo !”
But Bertie didn’t shriek and shake with fright like like he was supposed to do. In fact he didn’t do anything at all. So tim again said
Woooooooo !
Only louder.
Bertie Bertie still didn’t move
And so Tim said,
“Bertie why aren’t you frightened when I come up behind you and say woooooo?”
Bertie opened his eyes – he had been dozing after a big lunch of flies and green slime.
“Because little Tim, if you want to truly frighten somebody, you need to go more like this:
‘WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOh!’
And Tim was so scared that he swam around the pond six times backwards.
He was still shaking and he said.
“Ooh, Bertie, that was so very scary. Just like a real ghost. In fact, I wanted to ask you – do ghosts really truly-wooly exist?’
“Oh yes,” said Bertie. “I know because once I was haunted by a ghost.”
And when he said that, Tim begged Bertie to tell the story of how he was haunted by a ghost.
It happened one halloween when Bertie was still a small prince and lived in the palace. The Royal Family was eating pumpkin soup for dinner when Prince Harry, who was Bertie’s annoying little brother, said;
“Bertie I bet you are scared of ghosts.”
And Bertie replied.
“Don’t annoy me when I’m eating.”
But Harry went on:
“In fact, I bet you are far too scardy to sleep in the haunted room tonight.”
The haunted room was in the North Tower, and legend held that anyone who slept there on Halloween would meet the Ghost of King George who had lived 400 years ago and had been murdered by his wicked step-mother. The last person who had slept in that room had been Bertie’s Great Uncle Charles, and he had gone stark raving mad. For sure, Bertie didn’t want to sleep in the haunted room. But equally he didn’t wan to admit that he was frightened. So he pretended not to be listening. But Harry wouln’t stop. He started to chant:
“Scaredy -cat, scaredy scaredy scaredy ca!t”
The Royal Nanny told Harry to pipe down, but Bertie knew that he would have no princely honour until he dared to sleep in the haunted room. And so after dinner he took his pillow, his duvet and his soft toy giraffe over to the North tower and settled in for the night.
I don’t know if you have ever tried to stay the night in a haunted room, but it isn’t easy to get off to sleep. Every time the wind blows and the trees rustle outside your window you feel, well, just a bit like you are about to meet a ghost. And if you hear any creaking floorboards, that’s it. You are really frightened.
So Bertie didn’t sleep. He sat up in bed and waited for the ghost of King George.
And around midnight, he turned up. At first Bertie didn’t see him. He just heard him laugh. But it wasn’t a scary laugh. It was more deep and jolly like;
Ho Ho Ho.
And then the King appeared on the end of Bertie’s bed and said:
“Hey you heard this one? What do you call a witch who lives on the beach? A Sandwich of course. Ha Ha.”
And Bertie laughed too, because the ghost was much funnier than he had been expecting.
“And how about this?,” went on the King. What do you get when you cross a black cat with a lemon?’
“I don’t know,” admitted Bertie
“A sour-puss ! HA! Oh dear. I can’t tell you how glad I am that you came to sleep hear tonight. I haven’t shared a good joke with anyone in centuries.”
After that, Bertie and the Ghost sat up and told each other jokes and stories until it was almost dawn. They were both laughing so much that Harry could hear them, and his room was in a different tower all together.
When the sky was just starting to get light the ghost said, “Well I must be off now. But it would be so nice to spend a little more time having fun. I say, will you let me haunt you?”
Bertie said that he was awfully sorry, but he didn’t think it would do for a prince to be haunted. When he heard this, the ghost looked so awfully sad. In fact, he might have cried, only ghosts can’t cry. Bertie felt really really mean, and so he said:
“Well alright then. I’ll let you haunt me. But you must promise not to frighten anyone. Except for my pesky brother Harry of course…. And the royal nanny. It might be quite fun for her to see a ghost.”
And that’s how Bertie became haunted by the ghost of King George. Where-ever Bertie went, the ghost went too. At first it was quite fun. When Harry tried to steal Bertie’s chocolate biscuits, the ghost slammed the tin shut on his fingers and made him go “ye—ouch!” And Harry was completely puzzled about how it had happened, because only Bertie could see the ghost.
Similarly, when the Royal Nanny went to the hair dressers, the ghost put green die in the shampoo so that she came home looking like she had slime growing on her head.
And when Bertie was playing in goal for the palace Soccer team, the ghost helped him save a penalty, and all the team’s supporters cheered Bertie to the sky.
But being haunted, wasn’t all good. No. Not by any means.
Another time, Prince Boris, who bigger than Bertie and a bit of a bully, was giving Bertie some bother in the school playground. Bertie was trying to talk his way out of the situation, but the ghost came along and biffed Boris on the nose. Bertie and he had to go and see the headmaster and explain that it wasn’t him who had biffed Boris, but somebody else, and he couldn’t say who because that would be telling.
Unfortunately, the ghost had rather a silly sense of humour. Sometimes in class he would blow a raspberry at the teacher and Bertie would get the blame. And he also thought it was funny to put a whoopie cushion on the Queen Mother’s chair. And he liked splashing in puddles and getting Bertie’s school uniform all wet and muddy.
None of these things were so very bad, though Bertie was getting a little bit bored of the ghost and its tricks. And he was feeling rather tired because the ghost stayed up all night and told jokes.
And then one day the ghost went too far. It happened like this. The king who was Bertie’s father, wasn’t very strict in general, but he did have one rule. It was absolutely forbidden to touch his musket. His musket was like a very fancy gun, with gold plate and curly engravings. It hung above the fireplace in his study, and there it stayed. That was the rule.
But the ghost didn’t obey rules because he didn’t have too. He could do anything he liked, and nobody except Bertie would know that it was him who had done it.
One evening the ghost went through the wall into the King’s study and took the musket and brought it up to the top of the North Tower. From there he had a good view of the Palace Gardens, and he started to use the musket to shoot the king’s vegetables. Splat ! went a prize pumpkin. Plop ! when one tomato after the other. And “ha ha ha !” went the ghost. The queen mother’s poodle came into the garden, and the ghost shot her too – fortunately he missed, but he almost scared the life out of her.
The King came outside to see what the noise was about, and he all he could see was the musket pointing out of the haunted room in the North Tower. The only person who ever dared to go up there was Bertie.
And so Bertie was in trouble. Big trouble.
He tried to explain that it was the ghost who had been shooting with the musket, but nobody would believe him. The king stopped is pocket money and banned him from watching TV for a whole month.
That was really it. Bertie was furious. He told the ghost that he couldn’t haunt him anymore because he was causing too much trouble. But the ghost just laughed and said that he liked haunting Bertie and Bertie could like it or lump it.
“Besides, it’s lonely up there in the tower not seeing a soul for hundreds of years on end. I’m having far too much fun to go back to that after-life.”
And so Bertie was very sad and very fed up. He thought and thought about who could help him out of his predicament, and the only person he could think of was the Palace Librarian. The librarian read ever so many books and knew all about the history of the palace and the royal family. Perhaps he would know how to deal with the the ghost of King George. Or perhaps he would think that Bertie had gone nuts. It all depended on whether or not he believed in ghosts.
Fortunately, he did. “Why of course I believe in Ghosts,” he replied when Bertie asked. “In fact, I was talking to one only the other day.”
“Not King George by any chance?” asked Bertie.
“No not that silly old fool,” said the Librarian. And as he was saying that, the ghost of King George was writing “Look behind you!” with a marker pen on the wall of the library.
“I met this particular ghost when I was visiting a library in a castle just north of here. Her name was princess Beth and she was betrothed to King George, but his wicked step-mother murdered him before the wedding could take place. Sad story really. She’s still pining for her long lost lover after all these centuries, and she’s so terribly lonel”
“I don’t suppose,”said Bertie, “That we could send our King George to live with Princess Beth in her castle.”
But the librarian shook his head. It was only possible for a ghost to move about if it haunted someone,, and nobody would wanted to be haunted by a ghost as mischievous as King George.
But Bertie was haunted by him already. And so the next day he took a Royal Train to the north of the country to visit the castle of Princess Beth. And because King George was haunting Bertie, he had to go with him.
And that’s the story of how the ghost of King George was re-united with his long lost lover, Princes Beth, and from then on they lived together in the castle in the north, and were happy playing games and telling each other jokes, and Bertie returned home, unhaunted, and free from ghostly bother.
175 Comments
Great story! More! More! More!
more more this kind of story
ha ha ha
lol please
it was good
this story was the best
I like Tim, he’s so silly.
wow quite scary he is funny and halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
this is way to long and does not have any pictures boo hoo
let the story go on
I like these ghosty stories so tell us more of these stories
nice one
spooooooooookyyyyyyyyyyyyy
I liked the book very much
I liked the story
Me and my kids loved it!!!!!
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love your stories!
Scary stories…!!! I like them very much. But they’ll be more interesting with some pictures
ha ha ha
that’s very funny thanks natasha.
bertie tell me when you are gonna turn back in to a prince?
i am waiting.
luv princess
sharanya
great story for learning to childen about hallowen well done!!!
I like listening to your stories.
It’s very good
hello Bertie
your story is much butter than Baba Yaga story ..
I like your story and I hope you can always tell us these great story …
my favourite part of the story was when the ghost was funny instead of scary that was funny.
hi
spooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooky
spooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooky hhhhhhiiiiiiii
Hurry up bart
poooooooooooooooooooooooooooop
ghostes arn’t real now spirets are real.
that was the most funniest story ever
ghostes can e fat
ya dude
coool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pie
pie
i liked it – i thought it was very good
can I come to your house
lol funny
OMG this is such a good story im just looking forward for when Prince Bertie turns into a prince…
P.S. advice me when it comes out plz
My four year old loved this story. And, i loved it as well. It got him to use his imagination for the story characters instead of staring at pictures while i am doing the reading.
I wish i could do that much ritting.I rite ghoast storys to but i”m not a perfeshinle.well by
love thease storsies
love thease storys
you sound cool
We loved this story. My kids are big Bertie fans and they laughed as they listened to Bertie and the ghost. As soon as it was done, they requested to hear it again. We listened to it four times in all!
Thanks.
i kind of like it
i kind of like it NOT!!!!!! hahahahaha
actuly I DO But Do You Beleve In Ghost!!!!???hahahhahahahhahahhahahhahahahhahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
people i love this story
hi dude this story is coool
I liked when you said woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.
Is the haunted house spoooooooooooooooooooooky.
The ghost scares meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
when is bertie going to turn back into a prince …………
wow what good scaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrryyy story keep them cmin in…
hehehe thats funny but question why did she say bye bye lol and I couldnt tell were they human or not because in the beginnung he had just finnished flys and slime then he acted human huh plz someone tell me the answere.
Thanks.
Very Funny!
And, Great story!
It is fun!! I love this!
I thought it was scary
and there are no pictures at all!!!
Bye dude.
It was pretty funny especially when the ghosts told jokes all night. I couldn’t believe how scared Tim the tadpole was. I also like the added music in it. I don’t think anybody would be scared of this story because the ghosts are SOOO funny!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
That was a great and very funny story!!! It was not too scary, it was half way. But it was quite a fun story to listen to. and good sound effects.
I liked this story, especially the part when Ben got wet by the ghost.
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I’m not scared!
I like your story because it is fun to read
I was shaking to death .
It was very funny because Bertie was haunted in the story. I did notice that there were quite a few spelling mistakes.
A bit scary at first, then getting more and more WEIRD!
very funny
he he he funny……….
Itis funny
I like this story because it is very funny.My favorite part is when Bertie became haunted.
This story is a little bit scary and has haunted sounds at the beginning and end.
This was cool story, not scary, funny!
I liked this story very much. I think the best part is when the ghost splashes in puddles and gets Bertie’s school uniform all wet and muddy. I did not think this story was scary at all.
I rely like this story alote
whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I love the ghost that was playing jokes on Berty, and no one believed him that he was shooting the vegetables and fruit. The ghost was very naughty and should have had a punishment, not Berty.
Alice kennedy 3B
i like baba yaga because baba yaga is a bit kind at the last bit of
the story .I like the part in the story when stepmother and step
sisters turn to dust.
The story Bertie and the Ghost was interesting because the ghost was trying to haunt Bertie and Bertie was tired of being haunted. Bertie wasn’t scared of ghosts.
i like the story because is not scare
It is a funny
this story was awesome. dude!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!
Ehhhhhhh i liked the ghost =]
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
In the beginning of Bertie and the ghost screaming is in it . why?
Thanks Natasha for this
great! I love your stories
this a good story
fabulous~ >0<
(Not bad,I guess…)
i love yhr music is sooo dudeeeeeeeeand i love the the six swans and the one about colin the carp being happy does any on have msn
A funny story not a scary one, and thanks alot for Natasha who read this story.
I think nobody is going to be scared from this story but contrarily they will lough like this :ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
it was bad
cool story
i like this story its funny and i really like the imagination lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalal
funny :p
i am a totle scardy cat
My sister wishes she could write like you. She’s 8years old (but acts more like a 13years old!).
I am so surprised of how you can write so well.Please reply.
Royal fan
Phoebe
P.S.Did you know that my sister is Michelle, one of your fanniest fans? She says I act more like a 8years old.^^
P.P.S. I’m 5 years old.
P.P.P.S. I am one of your fannisest fans, too!!!!
I love this story and you yo
Wow
Intersting storie
a good story
***Reply to me Bertie!!!!!!***
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
I think this story was very funny, especially the ghost. Love the sound effects. But I found a few mispelled words in this.
Great story~~!!^^
Royal fan
Phoebe
Oh please reply to that! I’d rather die!
Oh pretty please reply! Pretty please a lunp of suger and whipped cream and straw berries on top///
Thanks Phoebe for your comments. I’ll look for those spellings
ok liao next time video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like when the girl at the first part screems
awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nice story
tiffany is so cool like kyla and sami and sam oranna and miss r
oh!~ scary
(PLEASE REPLY NATASHA)THE STORY IS NOT EVEN SCARY!!! (IN A BAD WAY)
Hi Abigail, Bertie and the Ghost is really meant to be funny more than scary – it kind of pretends to be scary but isn’t really.
it is a realy lovely story for halloween.
i just wanted to ask how do you get a job in storynory? i normally listen because of my 6 year old girl.
thanks
bertie when are you turning back into a prince? :’(
pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
reply when are you turing back into a prince n how is natasha and ofcourse princess beatress
Sharanya, Princess Beatrice and Natasha are fine. Thanks for asking. I’m really not sure when I will turn back into a prince.
If you turn back what happens to the website?
BOO
did i scare you
make a story like tim turns into a princeling and looks like a mini bertie
i am a teacher this is not very educatoinal
ms webber it’s the holodays nobody cares
try work this out
ih eitreb uoy era looc
ECIN
work it out backwards
when will bertie become a prince? I WISH that he will mary princess beatrice. please answer me.
did ghost meet bertie in real life?
I love all the stories you read! My favorite book series is Warriors by Erin Hunter. Can you Read those too. I would love to download them.
P.S They’re pretty long!
yeah i read about warriors and the prophecy of the warriors by erin hunter. they are like… 200~350 pages. So here, storynory has only one page and summary.
Yeh-Jun, I’m afraid it looks like Erin Hunter is in Copyright – so I don’t think we could do hi stories, even if they weren’t too long. But thanks for the suggestion.
oh
I see
i love these kind of storys
Never heard of this kind of ghost! Anyway, I am fan of u!
I will be pleased if u reply to me!
Dear Jenny, yes the ghost that Bertie met really is quite unusual and at least has a sense of humour
Hi bertie and natasha i liked the story
it was nice it was not scary. if the wicked
queen would turn bertie in too a prince .
i do’t no when . please reply me.
I want more ghost storys…
Luvvvvvv the story!!!!
hi michelle i am glad that you like this story. it is spelled: l o v e.
very good ,I really like the story
how do you understand them?
HELP ME,PLEASE!I’M HAUNTED BY KING GEORGE!
How dare you call me a nuisance!If only I come again,but I am in CA haunting people for Halloween.The only place to visit is Hawaii.Too bad there’s going to be some natural disasters.Hey have you heard this joke?
How do you repair a pumpkin?With a pumpkin patch of course!
That was a great story!?!LOL
My Bday is on October 16th i will be 8!
Rikki Have a very happy Birthday !
When did you learn how to tell these awesome stories???
(Please Answer Back)
Dear Somebody, We learned to do stories by doing Storynory each and every week.
Fantastic site, my children love it – great effort.
regards,
Jess
Really like this story. The sound effects were great!
Thanks!
this was freaky
I really liked it.
it was good
Happy halloween!!!!!!!!
Thanks Michelle happy halloween to your too
Super MORE! MORE! MORE!
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE IT MEAD ENGLISH HOMEWORK BECAME TO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s very very goood!!!!!!!!!!XD
Thanx!
Fake Bertie on the loose!
Can we do a Gladys story?Please?
!~i love the story please write more ha i have a website haha thier should be more~! ~!cassie!~
i like storynory but it should have more stories !!!!!!
I love ghost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Bertie I love the story I read only a bit.
Hi Bertie!
I’m new to storynory.
please write back Bertie!Comon i know you can do this Bertie (flex)
you know you are strong
Dear Michela Many thanks for your comments on Bertie and the Ghost. Sorry I’m not always here to reply right away or to every comment. I’m really glad you like Stoynory and the good thing is, even if you only read a bit, you can always listen to the stories. I do hope you enjoy them.
Bertie? How old are you?
oh ya why do you take so long?
HI Michella, I can’t get back to you right away sometimes because I’m not always at my computer. My age is a state secret.
why is your age a secret?
I won’t tell everybody else…
please can you tell me?:D
Michela my age is a secret because it changes from story to story…..
i love it mach i no you giss