'The Boy on Graves-End Road,' by Caty Weaver

scare - v. to cause (someone) to become afraid

cemetery - n. a place where dead people are buried : graveyard

intense - adj. of a person : very serious

platform - n. a flat area next to railroad tracks where people wait for a train or subway

headstone - n. a stone that marks the place where a dead person is buried and that usually has the person's name and birth and death dates on it

weird - adj. unusual or strange

ghost - n. the soul of a dead person thought of as living in an unseen world or as appearing to living people

worm - n. a long, thin animal that has a soft body with no legs or bones and that often lives in the ground

choke - v. to become unable to breathe usually because something gets stuck in your throat or because the air is not good for breathing