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The Forest

A group of students gathered together at the gate of the districted area to explore the forbidden forest.

They were not expecting much because people had been gossiping about this myth on social media,

claiming there’s nothing to fear.

As they entered the forest by climbing over the gate, a cold breeze was patting their cheeks as if it was

saying ‘welcome’. They were admiring the view while exhaling fresh air. Clay is the leader of this group

who is leading them to find the cave they heard from the internet.

They went deeper and deeper until they got exhausted. While they were resting, one of the students

screamed out of nowhere. All of the students went to see what happened thinking something bad had

happened. As they expected, Alice, the youngest of the group, fell into the water because of the moss.

Clay and his brother Bren pulled Alice; however, the flow became stronger as they pulled her as if the

lake was refusing to let her go. The breeze started to sound like a wailing shriek.

They all were panicking, however, Clay managed to lead their group and told them “Pull harder at the

same time, we have to save her”. Students loosened their pull when Alice said she could see

something down the lake. She said it was some kind of creature pushing her onto the ground and

saving her after she got on the ground, but no one believed her. They were running away as fast as

they could when the breeze became stronger as if it was sucking them in. They got out of the gate

thinking they would never go there again.

The myth about the forest was “if you go into the forest, the strange creatures will swallow you” which

made them think they encountered dangerous creatures in there.

10B Namuunzaya J.