She pulled hard upon the sharpest branch which came away with a large SNAP! As she did this a shower of golden dust fell from where the branch had broken and seemed to form a halo around the wood She ran back over to the spiderweb and jabbed at it with the branch ‘immediately the web began to shrink and wither away where the branch had touched it Ellie heard a rustling sound behind her, turned her head and gasped in terror – there, gazing at her (and not looking very pleased) was the largest, hairiest most terrifying black spider, bigger even than Ellie herself, and it was moving slowly toward her ‘Oh my’ Ellie thought as she turned back around and ripped wildly at the web with the branch
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