Editing Harry and the Haunted House

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|Box title = Harry and the Haunted House
|image = File:Living_Books_-_Titles-Harry_and_the_Haunted_House..png|thumb|300px
|caption = 
|Row 1 title = Released
|Row 1 info = July 22, 1994
|Row 2 title = Characters
|Row 2 info = *Harry 
*Amy 
*Earl 
*Stinky
*Spot
*Spider (running gag)
|Row 3 title = Language
|Row 3 info = English 
*Spanish 
*French 
*German
*Japanese
|Row 4 title = Pages
|Row 4 info = 12
|Row 5 title = Previous
|Row 5 info = [[Arthur's Birthday]]
|Row 6 title = Next
|Row 6 info = [[The Berenstain Bears Get in a Fight]]
|}}

'''Harry and the Haunted House''' is the eighth Living Books game released on July 22, 1994 and is based on the 1987 book of the same name written by Mark Schlichting and presented by an anthropomorphic rabbit named [[Harry]]. It is the third and final title in the series to be an original story exclusively created by Living Books– rather than an old one adapted from years later. Unlike [[Ruff's Bone]] (which was co-produced by Colossal Pictures) and [[The Tortoise and the Hare]] (which was a retelling of this fable), this one was entirely created and written by Schlichting himself.

==Plot==
A rabbit named [[Harry]] is playing baseball in a field with his friends: a cat named [[Amy]], a hare named [[Earl]] and a skunk named [[Stinky]], along with his dog [[Spot]] just after lunch time. Earl throws a curved ball and Harry hits it way out into an old mansion in the background. Earl remarks that Harry just made a big blunder, stating that the house is haunted. The boys argue about how they're going to retrieve the ball and are all reluctant to do it, but decide to go on anyway causing Amy to say that they’ll all go get the ball together. When they make it into the house, they're continually scared by noises and creepy sights, but all of them are only their imaginations (according to Amy), as it usually turns out to be one of them. For example, the boys are scared by a scratching noise, but according to Amy, it was only Spot itching and she tells Harry that his dog has fleas. At one point, they hear a stomping noise, in which they all begin to panic (especially Earl), but it was only their lost baseball, and they all make it out of the house, laughing at how the things that frightened them were only themselves and their imaginations. At the end, they discover that Harry lost his hat somewhere in the house, and are once again reluctant to go back inside before dinner. In the "THE END" screen, Harry got his hat back and sweats, then he signs off by saying, "Phew. Were you scared? I wasn't too much. Well, I'll see you again soon. Bye!"

==Characters==
* [[Harry]], the main protagonist, an anthropomorphic rabbit as in his last name. He lost his hat at the end until he got it back on the The End screen. He is voiced by [[Gus Weinfield]].
*[[Amy]], the main deuteragonist and Harry's best friend who is not scared of anything. She is an anthropomorphic cat who is voiced by [[Tina Satris]]. 
*[[Earl]], one of Harry's friends along with Stinky. He's an anthropomorphic hare who's one of the tritagonists, along with Stinky. He blames Harry for hitting Stinky's ball too hard when the ball went through the second-story window of the old house. He's scared of monsters and ghosts. He is voiced by [[Taylor McCluskey]].
*[[Stinky]], is an anthropomorphic skunk who likes his baseball and is scared of monsters and skeletons. Stinky's one of the tritagonists, along with Earl. He is voiced by [[Ian Crawford]] and his mother is mentioned (in page 8).
*[[Spot]], Harry's little pet dog. He is white with black spots and also has a red collar around his neck and travels with the group. He also got his rear end stung by a bee (in page 12).
*[[Red Bird]], the wisecracking bird who isn't scared of anything like Amy and makes fun of Harry's friends and jokes around. He appears on pages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12.
*The Spider, the running gag of the game.

=== Secondary Characters ===
*[[Traveling Salesman]]: He is the salesman who appears on page 5 and asks if everybody wants to buy a gizmo gauge which everybody refused.

==Pages==
*1. Harry and his dog, Spot, play baseball with his friends Amy, Earl and Stinky. Earl throws a curve ball and accuses Harry of losing the baseball when it goes into an old mansion.
*2. Harry, Earl and Stinky argue to determine who will get the baseball back.
*3. As Harry, Spot, Amy, Earl, and Stinky approach the old house, they start to become more scared.
*4. Harry, Spot, Amy, Earl, and Stinky go into the front door.
*5. The big house is dark and has old furniture. Suddenly, everyone gets scared by a curtain blowing in the wind, thinking it's a ghost.
*6. Everyone tiptoes slowly down the hallway. Then Stinky accidentally grabs Harry, causing Harry to panic.
*7. The friends see dust everywhere.
*8. The boys are scared by a scratching noise (Earl thinks it's a monster with huge long arms, Stinky thinks it's a skeleton shaking its bones, and Harry thinks it's a zombie dragging on one foot), but according to Amy, it was really Spot itching and she tells Harry that his dog has fleas.
*9. The friends search all over the mansion for the ball, including the kitchen.
*10. The boys approach a mirror and got scared by a hideous monster, but it's only their reflection in an old mirror.
*11. Everyone hears a stomping noise, in which they begin to panic (especially Earl), but it was only their lost baseball. Spot retrieves the baseball.
*12. After making it out of the mansion, Harry, Spot, Amy, Earl, and Stinky laugh at everything that scared them were only themselves and their imaginations. They discover that Harry loses his hat somewhere and having to go back inside for it.

== Songs ==
* [[Hot Tomato]]
* [[I'm Alive]]
* [[Drunken Sailor]]
* [[Daisy, Daisy]]
* [[It's Just Imagination]]

==Trivia==
* Like [[The Tortoise and the Hare]] and [[Ruff's Bone]], this is the third Living Books game that has not been based on any existing books as it was one of Mark Schlichting's own written titles, however he had actually written the story in 1988 specifically for the computer but never published it in paper form until the Living Books version was released, making this a retroactive original title.
* The child voice actors, except Earl's voice actor [[Taylor McCluskey]] and Stinky's voice actor [[Ian Crawford]], never starred in anything else except this game.
* You leave the book when Harry says, "Okay, bye!" (if "Yes" is chosen), one of 2 Living Books to do so, along with [[Arthur's Birthday]]. However, you might keep playing when he says "Okay!" (if "No" is chosen). The "No" answer is a painting of a sailor, and the "Yes" answer is a painting of an old cat lady and her cat.
* This demo version can be featured in ''[[Dr. Seuss' ABC]]'', ''[[Sheila Rae, the Brave]]'', ''[[The Berenstain Bears in the Dark]]'', ''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]'', ''[[Stellaluna]]'' and ''[[Arthur's Reading Race]]''.
* In the first four games for V1.1 as well as the [[The Tortoise and the Hare|third]] and [[The New Kid on the Block|fourth]] games for V1.0, the preview for this game also exists in the files, but can only be accessed when you edit the outline file.
** In this preview, it is revealed that Harry's fur was originally going to be plain white, but in the final game, it changed to beige.
* In the PAL versions of this game, Spot is beige instead of white, like Harry himself. (Mainly to avoid copyright conflicts of designing Spot to resemble Snowy from ''The Adventures of Tintin'' or Snoopy from ''Peanuts''). However, Spot is white in the NTSC version of this game.
* Harry got his hat back in the [[THE END screen]] and it's also the last time the sloppy red The End text would be used in the original solid gray background variant of the The End screen (except in the font of the title).
* This game along with [[Ruff's Bone]] was featured in Brutal moose's review of the Living Books series.
* When the mouse clicks on the electrified mirror figure, he sings and dances the I'm Alive song.
* This is the first Living Books game to have a character say something other than "Welcome to Living Books!". In this game, Harry says “Come have an adventure with me and my friends”.
* This, [[The New Kid on the Block]], [[Just Grandma and Me]] and [[The Tortoise and the Hare]] were featured in a Czech magazine advertisement for Living Books. However, none of the Living Books games have been released in the Czech Republic.

==Quotes==
:'''Stinky:''' ''(stuttering)'' Did you see that?

:'''Sailor in the painting:''' How about a kiss from the old captain?

===Quit===
:'''Harry:''' Are you sure you want to quit?

:'''Harry:''' ''[when the user clicks "No", which a sailor in the painting is holding]'' Okay.

:'''Harry:''' ''[when the user clicks "Yes", which an old cat lady and her cat in the painting are holding]'' Okay. Bye!

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