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Her door swings open and her father and family enter to reassure her. The misunderstanding is cleared when Esi learns the noise came from family members chasing a rat and the “masalai” shadows were caused by moonlight and banana trees. The text ends with comprehension questions.","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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