A Frightening Experience

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It was a cool Sunday night. Darkness fell like a shroud. The pale crescent moon shone like a silvery claw in the night sky. Mary and her family were sitting comfortably on the sofa watching a television drama. Each of them had a cup of icy-cold apple juice in their hands and they were sipping away happily. When the drama showed a scene of a lady walking into an alley and a man secretly following her, it reminded Mary of what happened on that fateful day. It was a blistering hot Saturday morning. The smiling sun peeped into the horizon, painting Mary’s room in warm hues of yellow. The dawn chorus of melodic birdsong filled the air. She jumped out of her bed and went to the bathroom with a spring in her step. After brushing her teeth, she went to the kitchen to have her breakfast. Then, she took out all her homework and finished them before lunchtime. At about one o’clock in the afternoon, Mary and her family ate their lunch. After lunch, Mary helped her mother with the housework. She helped to wash the dishes, clean the table, fold the clothes and swept the floor. Then, she did some revision and assessment exercises. At about four o’clock, she went to her friend’s house to do project work. At her friend’s house, they surfed the internet to look for information for the project. They compiled the information and made it into a presentation. When they were done, it was already dinnertime. Mary’s friend’s parents asked her to stay for dinner but she politely rejected the offer as she had promised her mother that she would be home for dinner. Mary left her friend’s house as the evening sun cast long shadows on the ground. The slanting rays of the setting sun gave a warm orange tinge to the sky. On the way home, she walked into a pitch-dark alley. As she was walking, she heard footsteps behind her. She looked back and saw the shadow of a man

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