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All the time I was reading this I never thought that the ghost was the
ghost of the fox.
I thought at one time that the fox had been killed by the ghost.
That's a nice wee twist at the end,
thanks Margaret.
Also, a nice touch of Scots too.
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The Ghost In The Woods
Once upon a time there lived a woodcutter named Donald and wife Morag.
They had a cottage at the end of the woods where it so dark at night and
quiet. At night they would open a window for some night air and listen to
the sound of the crickets and in a distance there was a long eared owl
tooting in a tree.
Donald said, ”What a sound!”
“Yea”,said Morag.
So every morning Morag would put food out for all the woodland animals.
One day Morag was working in her vegetable and flower garden. Then
next thing Donald saw Morag screaming and stamping her feet.
“Whit’s wrang w’ ye wumman?’
“I saw something out the corner of my eye
It ran into the woods,” she shouted
“Donald said, ”Did you see what it was?”
"No!” said Morag.” lt was too quick”.
“Well I will have to watch for it tonight with my gun just in case it's
something like a wild cat. After all we have chickens and goats to think
about’.
So that night Donald was supposed to stay awake but fell asleep. But soon
woke with a Bump, Bang, Crash. He was surprised to see it was two foxes
eating out the bin. He laughed when he thought about Morag early that day.
The next day Donald and Morag thought it was a lovely morning so they went
for a walk to get wood for the house. And quess what the both of them saw
the foxes this time they had Two cubs with them they were a few months old
and cute.
Morag said “ l am going to call them Dinky and Dixie for the adults and
for the cubs I will call them Rusty and Dusty. They are so cute too”.
Then Dinky and Dixie left their two cubs in the den to go and find food
for them but never came back. So when Donald and Morag had not seen them
for days on ends. They started to worry so they went looking for them took
food and water for them all. When Dinky and Dixie never returned. Morag
found the cubs in their den. And Donald went to search for the parents and
found one lying on the ground. it was poor Dinky and Dixie whimpering next
to him hurt but not badly.
But Dinky was dead the foxhounds and their owners killed him. Donald went
back and told Morag what happened so they took the cubs and Dixie home
with them and made a shed for the foxes to live in. A few months went by
Rusty and Dusty got very big and were very happy being with Donald and
Morag. Then Rusty and Dusty decided to go and explore the woods but didn’t
come back so Morag and Donald went looking for them.
They got the cubs at the end of the woods. Morag and Donald were scared
something swished by them. “Morag said, ”Let’s get out of here “Donald
said okay!”
We’ve got the cubs anyway its probably been Dixie running by looking for
her babies.
“Oh no” Said Donald!
It’s Dinky he’s a ghost he has come to watch over his family from the
hunters again.
Morag Donald and the fox
family all lived happy together
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