نجوم* another scary night * نجوم

It was a dark and stormy night. I was about to go to bed when I heard a tapping sound on my window.

"Who's there?" I shouted. Suddenly there was a flash of lightning; I
saw a face at the window. It looked like an alien ... an alien that I
had seen on the television show, "the X files."
I felt very scared. I ran to my bed and pulled my blanket over my head.
I started to shout for my parents but there was no reply. Then I
remembered that they were at a fancy dress party.

I peeped out of my blanket but it was too dark to see anything. Then I
heard footsteps. They were getting louder and louder. It was dark but I
knew the way to my drawer where I kept my camera. I ran there and took
out my camera and started to take pictures in the direction of the
window. Soon the footsteps died off.


The grandfather clock struck ... ... It was 12 midnight. I went
back to my bed and tried to sleep. But I could not sleep. I felt too
frightened. I sat up, my mind was full of thoughts. Time passed ... one
o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock. Finally, I fell
asleep.

I woke up only after eight and decided to investigate. I found some
footprints outside my bedroom window. I measured them with a tape and
found them to be exactly the same size as my father's shoes. The
footprints ended at the door of my house. I then went to town to get
the film developed. But when I saw the photos I was shocked. They were
black and I could hardly see anything. Then I remembered that I did not
use the flash.

When I reached home I told my father the whole incident and he started
to laugh. I started laughing too when he told me that he had dressed up
as an alien for the party. Today, I am still amused to think I was so
afraid of my own father