Scout

One night a young girl, Aisha Khan is left alone for a night, in her country house while her parents drove out to town for a party. This was fine with Aisha, especially since she had her faithful dog, scout, to protect her through the night. She made herself something to eat and sat down at the kitchen table. Turning on the radio to her favourite station, she was surprised to hear the news declaring that a murderer was on the loose! It advised people to secure all windows and doors as a safety precaution. With her dog by her side the young girl looked spat the front and back door. She went window to window looking out each of them. She had told herself that she would be fine with her trusty dog and that her parents would be home shortly. Then Aisha decided to go to bed at 11 o'clock. She climbed the stairs to her bedroom and slid under the big warm blanket on her bed. Before closing her eyes she let the dog lick her hand. She did this every time to make her comfortable. A short while later she awoke to the sound of a scratching noise at her bedroom window. She eyed the window and reminded herself that the whole house was locked and she was safe. She stuck her hand under the bed and felt her dogs tongue gloss over the palm of her hand,
She sighed and went back to sleep. An hour later she sat up in bed...she had heard footsteps in the hallway and crept out of bed to see if it was probably her parents returning. Seeing nothing she returned to bed. As she was about to stick her hand under the bed, she heard a drip drip, followed by footsteps. She walked downstairs into the kitchen and secured the taps. That surely wasn't the cause of the drip. She crept upstairs and climbed into bed. "This is silly" she told herself, "I'm probably just imagining things." She stuck her hand under the bed and felt the dog lick her hand. An hour later she awoke again. A little mad at this point, she jumped out of bed. The dripping wasn't coming from the kitchen so it must be from the bedroom. She crept along the side of the hallway and walked into the bathroom. She groped along the side of the wall wither hand, looking for a light switch. She flicked the light on and gasped. There was scout with a pool a blood on the bathroom floor! If that was scout, what had been licking her hand all night?...

By Aisha Khan Year 7