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The Man in the Forest

The light shone on two large manicous and their
eyes illuminated from the light. I immediately lifted

my hand and aimed my bang directly at the

manicou.

No sooner had I done so, than I noticed something
from the corner of my eyes. What appeared to be a

man, as tall as a bamboo, was quickly approaching

us with a cutlass in his hand. Well, I didn’t wait for

him to get any closer. I dropped my bang and ran

like the wind – I’m sure I ran faster than Kirani

James! My cousins saw him too and did the same.
We were all screaming at the top of our lungs while

running in no particular direction – we just wanted

to get away. It was then I heard my cousin

shouting for help.

“Shandy, Jaden, help me!” he screamed.

We immediately stopped and turned back.

Although we were frightened, there was no way we

were going to leave our cousin back there.

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