The woods…by Dom “Remember Jake don’t walk Buster in the woods,” said my

mum.

“Why not?” I answered back.

“Bec-“

I didn’t stay to hear the answer. I had already started to walk

onwards. As I saw the opening of the woods I shivered in the

snow. I noticed a sign that I couldn’t really read because it

was faded but I could recognise some letters and they spelt:

MONDRE SCEME DOM’L CROSS! What did that mean? As I

trudged on, still trying to work out what the sign meant, I

didn’t notice how far I had gone. Suddenly I saw something

pop up from behind a tree and vanish again.

I heard some footsteps behind me and looked over my

shoulder. I could see a tall slender man with black eyes, a

stitched up mouth and blood stained dungarees. My heart

was thumping and my brow was wet. I ran with Buster and at

that moment the sign made sense. It meant MURDER SCENE

DON’T CROSS!

I saw Buster run full pelt into the dark part of the woods so I

followed thinking that I could lose this maniac that was

chasing me. I ran down a hill thinking that he would lose sight

of me, I jumped into a bush and then hid behind a giant oak

tree. The murderer slowed down to a walking pace and I

could see the sunlight reflect off his cleanly shaven head.

He sped up again when he heard a dog bark. That must have

been Buster. When I had lost sight of him my breath came

back. I felt tired and giddy but I just shuffled my way back. I

then realised I had gone even further into the woods instead

of going out of them.

I saw a shadow creeping up behind me so I ran for my life

again and I dived into what seemed to be a fox hole but I was

soon proved wrong. It was a muddy tunnel and as I crawled

forward the tunnel widened and the stench of rotten flesh

grew stronger. I saw Buster DEAD!

I wept and wept. The tunnel seemed to squeeze me like a

bear. Shadows took me from behind and I squeezed my eyes

shut. I got dragged away into the darkness all because I didn’t

listen…