A strange tale of a mysterious beast by Kate

1. By Kate Wilkinson-Smith
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2. The Grimalkin
16 March 2012
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3. Once upon a time, many
years ago there was a
small town in
Gumelshteim
called Blackthorn
Ridge, it was named that
because at the edge of
the village there was an
immense gorge with
overgrown blackthorn
bushes hanging down
the edge and all around
the bottom.
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4. In Blackthorn Ridge there was
a sheep farm near Blackthorn
Wood (which wasn`t really a
Wood ,just a dark cluster of
trees)
One night the sheep farmer
was about to go to bed when
he heard a faint evil-sounding
purr. He immediately got his
torch and boots. He went
outside and shone his torch on
the fence.
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5. agile shape moving quickly
down the other side of the
fence. Although it was hard to
be sure, as the dark made it
extremely difficult to see, even
with a torch. He still went to
check the sheep just to be
completely sure they were
alright.
He was just examining the
sheep when THUMP!
A huge black creature
suddenly flung itself onto
the farmer’s back!, All he
could remember was the
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6. the creature sinking its teeth
into his body and then the
silent and deadly creature
killed him.
A few weeks later, his friends
came and found his shrivelled-
up body, When they saw all
the dried up blood, they
wondered what had done this.
They all looked around and
caught a glimpse of something
lying down on a tree in
Blackthorn wood. They went
to look at it. 6

7. It was a massive black
leopard asleep on a branch,
It had a small drop of red liquid
on its chin. They looked at the
liquid then at the dried blood
on the Farmers body, it was ex-
actly the same shade of red!
They then realised that it
was the leopard who had
killed their friend.
The second they realised
this, they fled to their horses
and galloped away as fast
as they could .
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8. Struck by mortal terror,
they did not realise that they
were headed straight for the
gorge.
By the time they realised this
it was far too late and all they
could do was scream like little
boys, as they fell down the
gorge.Their high pitched
squeals echoed loudly
around the gorge walls.
As they were falling at an in-
credibly high speed, an old man
was walking past, He then
caught sight of the leopard and
the man,
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9. He also heard some high
pitched squeals and then a
THUMP!
His face looked worried, He
said, “Oh no! A very heavy
little boy has fallen into the
gorge!” Then his face
looked solemn as he
remembered the leopard
and the farmer, he said four
chilling words…...
“The Grimalkin Has Returned”
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