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Her door bursts open and she shouts for help until her father wakes her, explaining that the frightening sights were ordinary causes. The misunderstanding unfolds as her father, mother, and brothers clarify the chaos, including the banana-tree shadows and a chasing rat incident, turning fear into humor.","A Terrible Night  \nSchool Journal Junior 1, 2008-V1 .1  \nEnglish  \n”Help!”, I screamed. Then,“Oh gosh. What a relief I had just woken from a nightmare and was lying alone in my room. My clock said 1:00am. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep again, but I couldn’t.  \nSuddenly I heard a strange noise coming from outside my room door. It stopped and came back  \nSuddenly there was a loud BANG! I almost jumped out of bed. Shadows started moving across my wall.  \n\"Oh, please help me,\" I thought.\"Some masalai is out to get me!\" I was too scared to shout for help. My big sister was right: this place was haunted, I thought. We shouldn't have  \nA shadow came on the wall again, crouched, ready to spring on me. I heard the gritting of teeth, and a voice,\"Wait till I catch you!\"\"Aaaaaahhh\" I screamed. But it was too late. My door banged open and there stood a figure with an axe.  \n\"Help! Help” I shouted with all my might. I closed my eyes.  \nThen it grabbed me. It shook my shoulder. \"Esi! Esi! Wake up! It's only a dream!\"  \n\"Oh, Daddy! It's you!\" I said joyfully. \"But I was awake! I wasn't dreaming. I saw  \nMy mum and my brothers came in. \"What's wrong?\" my mother asked.  \n\"I heard a voice and saw shadows on the wall. A masalai was trying to get me. It said it was going to catch me.\"  \n“And when I came in with the axe, you thought I was the masalai,” said Dad.  \n“Yes,” I said, \"but”… My brothers started laughing.  \n“It’s not funny!” I shouted.  \n\"We were chasing a rat that bit my toes. 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