GANADORA VIII PREMIO CONCURSODE REDACCIÓN EN INGLÉS MODALIDAD ..HORROR STORIES''
Eva Hernández Donoso LoBachillerato
"Behind"
(Primer Fremio Bachillerato / Gclos Fonnativo)
Firstlyhe went to his bedroomand left his suitThe bell resoundedin the old, big, ramblinguse like a strangeanimal'sscream.Armand was wai- case.His steps resoundedaround the conidor of ting his aunt to open the door,while he was wat- tall ceiling,on the secondfloor, while he was walching the beautiful and impressive landscape king to his aunt's study. But he didn'tfind her there.However,something which surroundedthe house and nearly made it All was in a mess,and this attractedhis attention. disappearbetweentrees and plants. It was a dark and foggy day, and althoughit was reallystrange,becausethe womanwas increwas summer, a cold breeze blew around that dibly tidy.The desk was full of papers, photos, place lost in the Pyrenees.The branchesof the pens and books, and in one of them, opened,he trees were hittingthe big windows,the crickets... could read: <<Existenceof other ways of life in all was as usual, as last summers,when the tee- this solar system or another one. How can you nager had spent his holidaysthere,with his funny contact them?>> This question was underlined. What was his aunt working in? aunt, who was astronomer. She was taking a long time. Suddenlyit began to rain heavily.lt was getting Suddenlyhe heard the noise of footsteps.He dark.He had always hated that subject,the posturned round thinking it was the woman, but sibility of existenceof somethingmore intelligent 11 nobodywas there.There was only the darkerand than the human being, out there, lying in wait for darker vegetationof the forest and the cold fog. them...itwas terrifying,or even that they could be Armand scannedthe shade patiently,with the right there, next to him, watchinghim, who wasintelligentsparklewhich characterized his eyes.His n't awareof it... he preferredto think it wasn'tposaunt loved joking hiding herself.He took a step sible. forward, to the suspiciousplace, but a noise Then he felt a presencebehind him, and with behind his back made him to startle. a shiver he turned back, wishingto see his aunt. The door was open, The teenagerwas discon- There was not anybody.That wretchedbook had certed, but he took his suitcase,went into the got on his nerves. house and closed it. He took a deep breath,left the study and heaHe didn't notice that, behind him, the fog see- ded for his aunt's bedroom.Althoughthere wasn't med to be concentratedin a strangefigure, and any open window,a kind of white eddy messed slowly it moved forward,arrivedto the door and the contentsof the desk up, throwingsome things went throughit. on the ground.