getting home

By Di_Hard

 

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part 1

By Di_Hard on Sat, 12 Dec 2020

She hunched down into the car seat so her coat went up on each side like shields. It didn't stop him from kicking her, but he couldn't see she was...
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part 10

By Di_Hard on Tue, 05 Oct 2021

Mary jumped back from the hole and went to Wong, always keeping that hole in the web in sight, as if the Monster would burst through any time. "Wake...
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part 2

By Di_Hard on Sat, 26 Dec 2020

Mary couldn't help laughing too, the first proper laugh since that Tuesday after school when she had not been allowed to go with Mum, then everyone...
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part 3 (redrafted)

By Di_Hard on Sat, 02 Jan 2021

Mary's heart was going "Boom, boom, boom" shaking her ribs. It was the only sound she could hear. Then Jake was there, shouting, "Can I have icecream...
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part 4

By Di_Hard on Sat, 09 Jan 2021

But Mary had no room for words. Her fear was big as a mountain. Tears spilled and a huge sob, like a tidal wave came up from her chest. The seagull...
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part 5

By Di_Hard on Sat, 16 Jan 2021

The car bump ing as Karen drove off the ferry woke Mary from a bad dream - a huge spiderweb dangling with bundles like sad grey fruit, soft and...
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part 6

By Di_Hard on Sat, 30 Jan 2021

Mary went 5 more steps, then turned back. The car lights had gone! She gasped, and Karen’ s voice came at once “Mary! What’s taking you so long? If...
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part 7

By Di_Hard on Sat, 06 Feb 2021

W hen she woke up, Mary did not feel tired anymore. Ever since she had had to stay at Jake’s house, it had taken ages to go to sleep. Night time was...
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part 8

By Di_Hard on Wed, 28 Apr 2021

M ary looked at one shoe. At first, she tried pulling the strap from the middle, like a handle, but it only made it go thin and hurt her fingers...
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part 9

By Di_Hard on Mon, 20 Sep 2021

Wong moved quickly over the fallen leaves, and Mary had to keep doing little runs to keep up. She was doing one of these when Wong stopped! Mary...
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part 11

By Di_Hard on Sun, 15 May 2022

A voice, deep and rumbly, but cosy, too, "HERE'S YOUR WAND, REGN!" , not loud, but it left no room for any other sound in Mary's head. She couldn't...
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part 12

By Di_Hard on Sun, 19 Jun 2022

Wong was looking at the mouth shape in the wall growing wider and wider, when his tail and all his fur was sucked towards it. Then Mary's hair was...
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part 13

By Di_Hard on Fri, 08 Jul 2022

When Mary was finding a place in the basket on Regn's arm to fit a purple mushroom like a small frisbee, Regn moved at last, "PERFECT" . They went...
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part 14

By Di_Hard on Fri, 05 Aug 2022

Broken trees under a trail of slime, a squelching sound nearby, growing nearer, nearer, the huge slimey red lips of the giant slug reared up and onto...
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part 15

By Di_Hard on Sun, 16 Oct 2022

It was like a monster Mary couldn't see, wanting to rip her to bits like tissue paper, and squash her all at the same time. It screamed in her ears...
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