One popular children's short ghost story is 'The Haunted Doll'. It's about a doll that seems to move on its own at night. Another is 'The Ghost in the Attic', where kids hear strange noises coming from the attic and when they go to investigate, they see a faint figure. And 'The White Lady by the Lake' is also a spooky one. A lady in white is often seen near the lake, and she disappears when people get too close.