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The Smokey: A Short Story

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It was a Tuesday in Southeastern Louisiana. It was raining, thundering, lightning and it was bitter cold. Mr. Sale just got went on his liquor run that he takes every Tuesday. Mr. Sale lives on a deserted street with his Father John, Sister, Marie and Brother Stephen. There are many old and abandoned houses on the street which are said to be haunted, and everyone stays away from except a couple of crows which are supposed to be evil. After Mr. Sale gets home from his liquor run, he walks in a greets his father, John, sister, Marie, and brother Stephen, all with a smirk on his face because suddenly something is about to change. When Mr. Sale walks into the kitchen, he hears a loud bang on the floor. He runs upstairs only to find his brother, …show more content…

Sale wakes up, he looks outside the window and sees the crow and Smokey reappears. He then goes downstairs and asks his father John, “have you seen that crow outside?” John replies “no.” Mr. Sale the goes outside to see if Smokey is there and he is so he tells his father to come and look at it. When his father comes over to look, Smokey is gone. After about two hours after that incident, Mr. Sale goes outside, and Smokey reappears. A few minutes after Mr. Sale see Smokey, their power goes out. Mr. Sale goes then goes inside to get his gun and try and shoot Smokey but when he goes back outside Smokey is nowhere to be found. Mr. Sale then takes a nap, and when he wakes up two hours later, he spots Smokey, this time a few feet from him. He then tr to shoot him, but he misses. He keeps trying but can 't quite seem to shoot Smokey. The next day which is Tuesday, Mr. Sale gets into his car and goes to the liquor store. On his way there, he gets the feeling that someone is following him and stops and pulls over to the side of the road. Mr. Sale gets out of his car to find Smokey following him. Mr. Sale thinks nothing of it, so he keeps driving only to have Smokey keep following him. When Mr. Sale arrives at the liquor store, he gets out of his car to look around to find Smokey, but Smokey is no longer around. When Mr. Sale comes back out of the liquor store, he spots Smokey on top of his car. Mr. Sale runs after to try and catch Smokey but Smokey quickly flies away, or so it

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