Harry and the Haunted House

Living Books Harry and the Haunted House (Read to Me Version)

The Tortoise and the Hare
Released	October 24, 1994
Characters	Harry, Amy, Earl, Stinky, and Spot
Language	English
Pages	17
Previous	Arthur's Birthday
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Harry and the Haunted House is the eighth Living Books game from 1994, and is based on the 1987 book of the same name written by Mark Schlichting and presented by Harry D. Rabbit. It is the second in the series to be an original story rather than an old one adapted years later. Released on October 24, 1994.

Plot

Harry is playing baseball in a field with his friends Amy Fourpaws, Earl Earwax, and Stinky Jones, 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. In the "THE END" screen, Harry got his hat back and sweats, then he signs off by saying, "Phew. And that's the end of my story. Were you scared? I wasn't too much. Well, I'll see you again soon. Bye!"

Characters

• Harry Donald Rabbit, the protagonist, a rabbit as in his last name. He is the third of six children and has an older brother Sam, older sister Phoebe, younger brother Danny, younger sister Olivia and a baby sister Mia. He is voiced by Gus Weinfield.

• Amy Fourpaws, the deuteragonist and Harry's love-interest and one of close friends who is not scared of anything and her middle name is Olivia. She is a cat and is the third of four children and has an older brother Michael, older sister Molly and a younger sister Jenny. She is voiced by Tina Satris. 
• Earl Earwax, one of the two tritagonists along with Stinky. Like Harry, he is a rabbit as well. He is also The Hare's adopted younger brother with a Portuguese accent and the youngest of four brothers and is voiced by Taylor McCluskey.
• Stinky Jones, the other of the two tritagonists along with Earl and his real name is Stanley Andrew. He is a skunk, is an only child but close to baby stepsister and is voiced by Ian Crawford and his mother Cathy Patterson-Jones is mentioned.
• Spot, Harry's little pet dog and the tetartagonist. He is white with black spots and also has a red collar around his neck and travels with the group.
• Paul, Stinky's pet bird. He is red and just like Amy, he isn't scared of anything either. He appears on pages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 12.

Pages

• 1
• 2
• 3 The closer we got to the old house. the bigger and spookier it looked.
• 4 We knocked three times at the big front door, but nobody answered.
• 5 Inside, the big house was dark and filled with old furniture.
• 6
• 7 It must have been a long time ever since anyone had lived there. There was dust everywhere.
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12

Trivia

• Like Ruff's Bone, this is the second Living Books game (third if you count Mark Schlichting's adaption of The Tortoise and the Hare) that is not been based on any existing books as it was originally created and written by Mark Schlichting, the founder of Living Books.
• The child voice actors, except Earl's voice actor Taylor McCluskey, were not in anything else except this game.
• You leave the book when Harry says, "OK, Bye!".
• In the first four games for V1.1, the preview for this game also exists in the files, but can only be accessed when you edit the outline file.
• In the PAL versions of this game, Spot is light brown instead of white.
• Stinky's love interest Wendy Wong does not appear in this game.
• Harry got his hat back in the THE END screen.
• 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.
• Like Sam-I-Am from Green Eggs and Ham, Harry D. Rabbit doesn't say "Welcome to Living Books."

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Quit

Harry D Rabbit: Are you sure you want to quit?

[clicking on "No" which a sailor in the painting is holding]: OK.

[clicking on "Yes" which an old cat lady and her cat are holding]: OK. Bye!

Quotes

Harry D Rabbit