It was in the evening when Nicky left the house without delay and went to the next door to her friend because she wanted to return home before eight o'clock.

her mom was busy in the kitchen preparing dinner and her big brother,in the garage fixing her dad's bike.she made sure nobody recognised that she left the house...

after closing the gate,silently Nicky walked off the pavement.A lanky man coughed so badly behind her,'hey little girl, I'm lost will you help me please?'A lanky man asked.

'sure'Nicky said.
'i don't live around here I'm looking for a shop.'he came closer to Nicky.
'shops are very far from here,let me take you there'.said Nicky

before they could get closer to the shop,that man stopped.'why did you stop'Nicky asked.'you will find me here,go get me a milk'he said.

when Nicky returned with the milk,the man was nowhere to be found.Nicky shouted'where are you,here is your milk,I need to get back home before eight o'clock!.

The man whispered behind Nicky'shhh... don't make noise,if you shout I'll stab you with this knife'Nicky fooled the man and laughed very badly,'im not scared of you! instead you should be scared of me'Nicky said.Her heart was pumping like a lightning(scared).

she screemed so hard to frighten the man and the man threw the knife and ran away and left his milk.Nicky ran as fast as she could to get home.when she got home she found everybody in the dining table,eating.

'i was craving for a milk,so I went to get some'she smiled but deep down she learned that leaving the house without telling anyone is not a good thing...


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