The Spirit Of Verona
Author: E. Verna Turner
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'Thank God for the mosquito nets, the whole family , relatives and friends are safe from mosquito bites. They can only hope and pray. Noisy sound of the waves from the sea, the creepy sound of the cicada, the croaking of frogs, hundreds of them maybe. The howling sound of wolves? Is there any wolf in the island? What could be creeping and howling from the woods? Bugs and ants and the grey owls, funny sound of the cuckoo birds, hounding haunting sound of wild animals leaping through back and forth from the trees to the forest. What could be the freaks of nature? Lemurs, tarsier and squirrels? Chameleons, geckos and iguanas. Salamander and komodo dragons? Oh no!
"Yikkkessss!" Screeching from too much thinking and imagination of what lurks in a dark secluded cove in a deserted island in the middle of the ocean, panic starts to uphold the young mind of Eric. His loud scream frightened almost everyone. The thought of these creeps will bite him made him screamed at the top of his lungs. The loud scream frightened also the animals lurking from the dark shadow of the jungle. Noises were heard animals trying to escape from close by. Eric didn't stop screaming until everyone was at his side.
"What the hell is that? What happened?" his parents was curious to know. Arthur and Josephine were wide awake together with the rest of the group watching Eric closely. Arthur told everyone that probably Eric is having a nightmare, he looked at his son who is nervous and frightened to open his eyes.
The girls chuckled and giggled. Their Mothers told them to keep quiet. "You girls go back to sleep," Bianca advised the girls. "It's only 4:00 PM. They all hurriedly went back to the hut walking through the rope bridge from the Keeping's hut to their hut. Two Lantern lamps with lights on hanging through the bridge post helped them watch their steps. "Don't run, just walk slowly, and be careful, "she told the girls.
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