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Miss Justwright
When she woke up, the moon was shining into her bedroom.
It was the middle of the night. She opened her eyes, looked at the furniture
in the unlit room and immediately closed her eyes again. Well, well. I'm
dreaming, she thought. A cow in my bedroom, that's impossible. I must
be dreaming. But I feel so awake and so clear-headed. How could I have
seen horns? Carefully, she opened her eyes again, and this time she sat
up straight in bed. It wasn't a cow. It was a man. A man was sitting on
the chair next to her bed. He had horns, that was the most striking thing
about him. Big curved horns, horrible to look at. He also had a beard,
a scruffy, bushy beard.
When he saw Miss Justwright sit up, he raised his club menacingly and
leant over the bed. Miss Justwright did not scream. She was a resolute
woman and she pulled the light cord. The barbarian was shocked by the
bright light. He forgot that he was trying to scare her and stared dumbfounded
at the light bulb hanging from the ceiling. Is this some kind of prank?
thought Miss Justwright.
She opened her mouth to ask him, but before she could say anything the
savage was glaring at her again and asking, "Where is it?"
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