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Monday, January 12, 2009
This year my family and I went to Florida for Christmas vacation. we stayed with my aunt and uncle in Homestead. they live
deep in a cave in the side of a mountain. About the third day we all became sick with food poisoning. Probably from all the
bat guano that kept falling on our heads. For five days we suffered stomach problems and were too sick to do much of anything
except run to the bathroom, complain, and go ballroom dancing (my favorite dance was the Tango). finally I suggested we go
to a medical person and take the cure for our illness. My mom threw us all into the trunk of the car and drove us to a brujarista
(a witch doctor). she made a magic burrito for us to eat. It contained the tail of a newt, the leg of a frog, and the tongue
of a dog. It was delicious and tasted just like chicken. A week later, we all felt better, and so we returned to Michigan
and the beautiful weather of the north. that's when I had my encounter with a cougar, but that's another story.
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My Encounter with the Chupacabra
by Erik
It happened during the summer. It was a day like today, only a little bit warmer. I was visiting my grandparents
at their farm which was located on Stinking Creek. Suddenly I heard a noise by the garbage cans. I went to investigate
and standing there I saw the strangest looking animal you can imagine. It looked like a hairless dog with big teeth and a
tongue hanging out of its mouth. I could smell its terrible breath. Instead of standing on four legs it stood on two
legs like a man, a very ugly man. I was so scared I didn't know what to do. I tried to run, but my feet wouldn't move.
It stopped eating garbage long enough to look at me and start to growl. I thought I was going to be the creature's lunch.
Then, off in the distance, I heard the strangest sound I ever heard. The animal heard it too. It cocked its head to one
side in the direction of the noise and began running through the forest toward the sound. It ran on all four legs and seemed
to be in a hurry. I don't know what that noise was, but I think it might have been Mrs. Chupacabra calling her husband home
for dinner. My grandpa said it was probably a coyote, but I said "I don't think so. How do you explain it walking
on two legs?" My grandpa couldn't answer that question.
Whatever it was, I hope I never see it again!
