Me Tie Dough-ty Walker!

Me Tie Dough-ty Walker! is the fourth story in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and the fourth story overall.

Overview
After taking a rich man's offer of a thousand dollars to spend the night in a haunted house, a boy and his dog sat by the fireplace. Suddenly, a voice sang out in the distance "Me Tie Dough-ty Walker," and surprisingly, the boys dog, somehow speaking, responded with "Lynchy-Kinchy-Colly-Molly-Dingo-Dingo."

This continued, with the voice getting closer, and despite the boy's efforts to quiet his dog, it continued to respond. Eventually, a bloody, severed head fell from the chimney, missing the fire and landing in front of the dog, killing it from fright. The next day, the rich man came to check on the boy, and found him with white hair and screaming.

The boy
The boy is a young boy who takes an offer to spend the night in a haunted house for a thousand dollars. He is shocked when his dog responds to a mysterious voice in the woods. After a severed head falls down the chimney and kills his dog from fright, his hair turns white from fear.

The dog
The dog belongs to the boy and stays in the house with him. After hearing a voice in the woods, the dog begins to answer, somehow speaking. After the severed head falls down the chimney, it dies from fright.

The head
The head is a voice heard calling to the boy and his dog in the house. As the dog answers his calls, the voice get closer, eventually falling down the chimney and revealing itself as a severed head. It kills the dog from fright and scares the boy, causing his hair to turn white.

Minor characters

 * A rich man offers a thousand dollars to whoever would spend the night in the haunted house.

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