My mother and I have always seen strange apparations in our house. We knew that they were not figments of our imaginations because we were both seeing the same thing. At first it was a tall man with a hat on. He never stayed long, just long enough to look at us and then disappear. Then it was a shorter man. Again, he never stayed, just looked at us and vanished. Then, I can remember one afternoon I was taking a nap in my room. I had my door locked and I was in a rather deep sleep. Suddenly, I awoke lightly (enough to regain a certin conscienceness but not enough to open my eyes)and felt a presence. My room was full of a playful presence, and there was something skipping around my bed. I, still practically sleeping, thought it was my sister and said "Sarah, get out!" Then, I heard a small, female child giggle and hum a little tune. I opened up my eyes and sat up. Then I saw a misty outline of a small girl in a pink dress wave to me and disappear. All I could think was "woah". This little girl was very playful and liked to tamper with things. I never really minded too much though. Then one day, the little girl was gone! There was nothing, not a trace. So, I told my mother everything that ahd happened and she told me her story. She said that she was up late one night and heard a girl in the hallway giggling. Baffled for a few moments, my mother listened intently. Then, she heard her giggle saw her peak her head around the corner into the living room. My mom then said "Ok little one, it's time to go to bed" in her soothing, motherly voice. After that, the little girl waved and vanished. After my mother did this, we never heard from our playful little girl again. We've written off as her permission to go on into her rest.