Eerie. And Wild.

Deep in the woods, luminous from the fog and the shadows of the trees that tower above.

By Soren Zittergruen
Decorah, Age 9
First Place Youth Non-Fiction

Deep in the woods, 
luminous from the fog and the shadows of the trees that tower above.
The only light came from the moon and the crackling fire.
A slight breeze blew.
A twig snapped. Leaves rustled. 
Silently we looked uphill into the forest.
There was a horrible sound, halfway between a sneeze or a cough, 
and the bark of a dog.
FFPHRUUWFF!!
We stared, antagonized into the woods.
FFPHRUUWFF!!
It coughed once more, 
and with a flash of grey it disappeared into the woods.
Not much later we heard a deep, low howl.
We all knew the coyote was the only animal that eerie, and that wild. 

 

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