It was a dark, foggy night. There was a strong wind blowing and an old, bad-looking dog was barking loudly.

Suddenly an old, red car stopped in front of a creepy, spooky house on the hill. The driver slowly got out of the car and carefully went to the only house there in the woods. He was very annoyed and angry, because his car ran out of fuel. When he arrived at the house, he heard the organ playing a very loud and creepy song. Of course, he freaked out! Then he thought: “Why am I so afraid? It’s just a stupid house and the organ playing.” He decided to knock on the door. All of a sudden a low and weird voice said: “Come in!” All at once the heavy door opened. A small, ugly and stinky woman looking like a witch was standing near the door. The driver was frightened to death, so he screamed and ran as fast as he could. While he was running, he didn’t see the branch, so he fell straight forward into a lake. That was a big problem for the men because he couldn’t swim! He started screaming even loudlier. When the witch heard him, she ran quickly to the lake and helped him. The man was still scared of her but he thanked her. After that small accident the old witch invited him in her “living room” and offered him a cup of tea.

The men refused the tea because he was still very frightened. He said to himself: “I’m so stupid. First I fell into the water, almost died and the witch saved my life and then I came inside this house. What is wrong with me?” Then they sat down on the small, ragged, black sofa and started talking. While they were talking about how long the witch has been living here and how was her life going, the men slowly started changing his opinion about her. He realized  that she wasn’t a witch, but just a normal, little old woman who lived in the woods on a very high hill. The old woman lent him some fuel, so he could go home. When they said goodbye to each other, the young man thanked her one last time and went home. While he was driving, he thought: “Today I judged the woman so badly. I must apology.” One week later he visited that woman and promised her to help her renovate her old house. He explained her that he offered his help because he insulted her the other day. The woman was very thankful.

You can’t judge people by their looks or by their house, but by their personality.

Tereza, 9. r

It was a cold, dark night and there was a strong wind blowing when a car suddenly stopped. A man got out of it because he needed help. He walked along a long, strange path. He saw a dark, strange, scary house in the middle of the field.

When he came to the front door he knocked on it very powerfully. The door opened and he heard a music. It was the organ. An old woman inside the house said:«Come in.« But the man was scared and he started to run. When he run he was so afraid and lonely so he wasn’t looking where he was going and he fell into a big, black, cold lake. There was a very big and unfriendly fish living in the lake and it attacked him. He tried to escape but he couldn’t because the fish wasn’t an animal. It was the woman from the house. The fish (woman) killed him and ate him.

After a couple of days the police found the man, but he was already dead. They were looking for him when they found his car destroyed in the middle of the field. There were only a couple of bones in it. When they came closer, they saw an eye looking at them. «It was very scary and strange,« said one of them. They never found the reason why he died, and the fish(woman) is still free.

Matjaž, 9. r

It was a cold, dark night. A strong wind was blowing and there was a car driving down the road. Suddenly the car engine broke down and the car stopped. The driver stepped out of the old broken car and closed the door behind him. He wanted to check the engine, so he opened the car bonnet and tried to figure out how to solve the problem. He didn’t have a phone, so he looked round to see who could help him. He saw an old lonely house a few metres away. He walked to the house and knocked hard. He heard a dog barking, but he couldn’t see it. Then the old dark door opened with a squeaky noise. There was an old woman standing behind the door. She was short and she had long grey hair. “Hi”, said the woman with a creepy voice. The man was scared, so he screamed loudly and ran away. It was dark outside so he couldn’t see where he was going. He ran as fast as he could, but then suddenly he tripped and fell over a high cliff into the cold dark water. He could hear the woman laughing loudly. The man touched the seabed and pushed himself up to the sea surface. When he reached it, he cleared his throat and wiped his big brown eyes. He opened them and saw the old woman standing on the edge of the cliff. She was carrying a small blue bag. The man screamed again, because he didn’t expect her to be there. His short legs hurt so he looked for a way out of the freezing water. He noticed a small obsolete pier with a couple of small boats around it. He looked at the cliff again. The woman wasn’t there anymore. She was descending down the hill with a long rope. When he saw her, he was very scared. He started swimming towards the pier as fast as he could. He climbed the old ladder and got on the pier. The woman was already on the short coast heading to the pier so the man started to panic. He jumped on one of the boats and tried to start the engine, but it didn’t work. The woman was in front of the man, who gave up trying to escape. Then the woman opened the mysterious bag, pulled out a water bottle and said: “Do you need help?” Then the man said: “Weren’t you trying to hurt me?” “Oh, no! Why would I ever do that?” she said. It turned out that the woman was absolutely friendly and nice.

Maša, 9. r

It was a cold, dark night and there was a strong wind blowing, when a man’s old car suddenly broke down. He tried to turn it on again but it was no use. Then he saw a house nearby and decided to ask for help. He walked down the crooked path until he got to the old, creepy house. He knocked on the door several times. Then the door opened and there was an old frightening witch standing in front of him. She started laughing. He was so scared that he ran away. He wasn’tlooking where he was going, so he fell into a dark lake near the house. He got out of the lake, slowly walked to his car and spent the night in it.

Luka, 9. r

It was a cold, dark night and there was a strong wind blowing, when a car suddenly stopped driving on a long, straight, macadam route and no one was there.

The driver of the broken car came out of the car to take a look at what happened inside the car. The dogs were barking and the worried man was looking for help in the dark, lonely night. While he was walking down the route, he saw a lonely, interesting old house on the hill. When he came to the house, he knocked carefully on the door and the door strangely opened by itself. The surprised man heard someone playing the piano and the voice which was high and scary said: “Come in.” The frightened man quickly shut the door and ran away. He ran away from the creepy house and while was he running away he saw an ugly old witch running behind him. Because he wasn’t looking where he was going, he fell into a hole in the ground. He heard the old witch’s laughter and as she was coming to the hole.

The witch put a spell on him and he suddenly wasn’t lying in the cold water in the hole, but he was dry and he was standing next to her. The witch said: “Did you get lost in the Cursed hamlet?” “Yes,” said the frightened man and he was shaking. “If you want to go home, you must find the magic gold goose in the woods for me in two days. Because I’m weak and old and I’ll die soon,” said the witch and added: “Otherwise you will suffer terribly in this hamlet forever!” The man had no choice and promised to help her find the magic goose.

He started early in the morning and he looked for the gold goose all day but he couldn’t find it. He came back to the witch’s house in the evening. The witch screamed at him because he didn’t find the magic gold goose which would bring her youth. The man was very afraid because he had only one day left to find the goose.

He couldn’t sleep so he went to hunt the gold goose. The moon was shining in the cold dark night and the man couldn’t see very well but he was ready for the magic goose.  He suddenly saw something sparkling behind the high old oak – the gold feathers from the magic goose! He only used one arrow to kill the goose. He was quite good at shooting with a bow and arrows.

He ran as quickly as he could with the dead magic goose in his hands. When he came to the house, the evil witch was sleeping on an armchair. He called her a witch because he didn’t want to touch her awful skin. Her spooky green eyes all of a sudden opened and she was very angry with the man because he called her a witch. The man said: “I’ve got the goose!” The witch jumped on her legs and took a crystal glass from an old dark closet. She cut the goose’s head with an axe and poured the goose’s gold blood into a glass. She said something and drank all blood from the glass. The strong wind started to blow and the man had to hold to the old loose table. The white wind raised up and the evil witch changed into a good beautiful lady with long curly brown hair. The man fell in love with her and because he was single and lonely he decided to stay with her. The old scary house changed into a big bright luxurious villa where they lived together.

After sixty years of love, the man died a natural death and the lady died with him, too. She loved him, so she had to die with him because she was cursed.

Lucija, 9. r

It was a cold, dark night and there was a strong wind blowing, when a small, fat man came out of a small, black car which wasn’t working. He saw a dark, scary house and he decided to ask people who lived there, if they could help him. He walked up a steep hill, the strong wind was blowing and the man was very cold. He came on the hill, in front of an old, dark, wooden door and knocked on it lightly. At first he heard a friendly dog’s barking and then the door opened. He couldn’t breathe. In front of the door there was an old, small which. She had long, grey hair, she wore a long, black and purple dress and black, pointed,              high-heeled boots. She said: “Helooooo!” When the man saw her, he was scared, because the witch didn’t have any teeth. The man ran down the hill. He turned back to see, if the witch was following him, so he couldn’t see where he was running. He fell into a big, deep, cold, green lake. He could heard the which laughing more and more, but he couldn’t see her.

He came out of the lake and went back to the small, black car which wasn’t working and drove away.

Ivana Brezigar, 9.c

On a dark cold night a man’s car broke down. The car was a small, red Audi – the new model. He was looking for someone to help him repair the car. Than he saw a big creepy house. He knocked on the door and then a dog started barking. The door opened, but there wasn’t anyone there, just the dog. He heard a creepy  voice saying: »Come in.« He turned round and ran as fast as he could and he screamed very loudly. Then he came to a dark water and jumped in. He started swimming away. He looked up and saw a witch flying over him. He was very lucky because an old hunter with a big brown gun heard him screaming . When the witch saw him pointing a gun at her, she escaped. From then on the witch didn’t come out of her house ever again. The man was very happy because the hunter saved his life and he helped him to repair the car.

Ema, 9. r

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