Ghost Puppet Show: Dark Fantasy

The ghost puppet show made her gurgle with laughter. Ghosts might not be the best playmates a girl could have, but for shadow bedtime stories, they were the best ever! She watched with wide eyes as a shadowy rider ran up a hill to a mansion with flickering windows--and she clapped her hands. Here! she said. "That's home!" The rider nodded his head, as if in acknowledgment, and knocked on the door. A faint, ghostly rattle of chains mimicked the sound of the door swinging open. Ghastly long arms reached out and pulled the rider into the castle. "And that's Great-Grandpa Edmund!" she exclaimed. Great-Grandpa Edmund was locked up in the basement now--

Inspiration: Ghost story puppet show benefits kids' charity: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/19/gothic-horror-puppet.html
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: Moderately entertaining, nothing spectacular.