scary story

1. THE DOG

2. Eva was an old woman who had no family or friends
She only had her brown
dog, Chester, who went
everywhere with her.

3. When it was really cold Chester would sleep by the fire.

4. But most nights the dog slept right beside Eva's bed.

5. If Eva was frightened( tenía miedo) or was having a
nightmare (una pesadilla), she would put her hand down and
Chester would lick( lamer) it.

6. One night it was dark and very cold. Eva put
logs on the fire, turned out the lights, and tried
to sleep.

7. But she was shivering (temblando) and
couldn't stop thinking about a scary
crime she had read about in the
newspaper.

8. She reached down to where Chester slept.
Sure enough, a warm wet tongue
licked her hand.

9. As she started to fall asleep, she
opened her eyes and looked through
the door into the living room.

10. There, in front of the
fireplace, was Chester looking
right at her.

11. Down beside her bed,
something was licking
her hand………….