It was a cold, dark night and there was a strong wind blowing, when  a tall and thin man called Mr. Paul was driving his old red car along the forest road. He was going home after a busy day at work. Suddenly the car broke down. Mr. Paul was very worried about it, because he was far away from his home. He wanted to call his wife but he remembered that he forgot his mobile phone at home. He didn’t know what to do, so he opened the car door and went out. It was a foggy and freezing night and there was a big full moon above him. It was a very unusual and frightening place. He started walking along the narrow, straight path when he heard the music playing. He thought: » Maybe there is a friendly person there who will help me to repair the car.« He walked and walked until he saw a light. There was  a big and lonely house standing in front of him. He could see a big, brown dog barking in his black kennel and there weren’t any flowers in the garden. Everything was dark and it looked very boring and spooky. The wind started blowing very fast and Mr. Paul decided to knock on the door, even if he was scared to death. He went to the big, wooden door and knocked three times. After a minute the old creaking door opened. There was an ugly old women without teeth standing behind it. She was wearing a long black dress and she had long grey hair projecting out of a big black hat. Her face was full of warts and her nose was big and crooked like a carrot. She said unfriendly: »Hi.«. Mr. Paul couldn’t believe his eyes. He  shouted and ran away from her. After a few seconds there was a scream and a splash. Mr. Paul fell into a small cold lake behind the women’s house. All wet and scared he went to his car. He locked it and thought about what he saw. After a while  two lights appeared in front of him. Mr. Paul smiled. He knew that it was his wife driving along the road in her small black car. He started waving through the window and the car stopped. There was his beatiful careful wife looking at him. He explained what happened and she drove him home. Mr. Paul was happy and safe now, but he never forgot what happened that night.

Ana Leban, 9. r