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A Snowy Surprise
One lurky night in Russia a
group
of
cold-hearted
poachers murdered lots of
innocent snow leopards. Only
one snow leopard survived
the brutal attack. This
fortunate beast is a youthful
cub called Snowflake. Now
traumatised, Snowflake has
been
captured
by
an
anonymous criminal and
people are fearful that that
beloved Snowflake is dead.
Alice, an outgoing 12year-old girl with hair like
coal and emerald green eyes
lives in a colossal village
called Abaza in Russia. She
adores animals so she was
devastated to hear about the
heart breaking attack. Softly
her generous mother blinked
away tears as she tightly
hugged
her
sorrowful
daughter. “Mum, can I please
go outside to explore?”
coaxed Alice. “If you’re
careful, but don’t be back
any later than 4 o’clock”,
responded
her
mother.
Curiously,
Alice
swiftly
scurried
towards
the
infamous forest. Suddenly,
she hesitated when she saw
a microscopic enclosure
abandoned underneath a
lanky tree. Astonished, she
glimpsed inside the cage to
see a severely injured snow
leopard helplessly yelping to
be released. Immediately, she
heaved
the
weightless
enclosure deep into the
mystical forest. Contently,
Alice opened the cage to
release the beast into his
natural habitat, but he was
too weak to survive in the
forest.
Affectionately,
Snowflake staggered towards
the young girl then sat down
in front of her. Smiling, Alice
looked at the rusty gate that
guarded the mind-blowing
forest. Suddenly, she realised
she had been locked in the
forest!!!
Trembling,
she
crouched down next to the
adorable leopard that glared
at her with fearful eyes.
Meanwhile, back at home it
was 6 o’clock and Alice’s
mother
was
frantically
searching the village for
Alice. The police commenced
an investigation but found
no evidence.
By now it was getting
dark in the forest and Alice
couldn’t see anything apart
from darkness. Afraid, she
yelled for help, not knowing
that the police officers could
hear her screams of terror.
Shocked, the strong police
leapt over the rusty gate and
dashed deep into the forest
where they discovered the
terrorised
child
near
Snowflake and the missing
leopard. “Are you alright?”
asked a concerned police
officer. “Yes, just a bit
shaken, I found Snowflake
underneath a tree. I came
here to release him but I got
locked in”, calmly explained
Alice.
Immediately
the
police
contacted
Alice’s
mother who rushed to the
scene. “I can’t believe this
Alice, you risked your life to
rescue
an
endangered
animal”
she
proudly
shrieked! At that moment,
the ancient gate suddenly
flew opening to a deafening
bang. Startled, everyone
looked back to see an
anonymous man clenching a
bloody
weapon
scarcely
coming towards them. “Stop
and put that weapon down
now”, insisted a frustrated
police officer while the rest
of
the
police
officers
surrounded
the
man.
Shaking, Alice grabbed on to
her mother’s hand whilst the
mysterious criminal pounced
like a furious dog towards
the police. “Run quickly”,
demanded a police officer to
the reunited family. “But
what about Snowflake? We
can’t leave him here to get
murdered like the other
innocent beasts”, commented
Alice comforting the animal.
“Take him with you, but
quick because we can’t keep
this suspect here forever”,
boomed the police officer
trying to guard the powerful
man. Instantly they swiftly
sprinted towards the village
with Alice hugging the
frightened
leopard.
Exhausted, they reached the
atmospheric village with a
large
crowd
mournfully
waiting to see if Alice and
her mother returned.
Excitedly, the villagers
welcomed them back from
the forest with beloved
Snowflake. Aware that a
criminal was running free,
everybody frantically rushed
inside for their safety. Then
the police arrived back in the
village with the mysterious
criminal puffing like an old
man in front of them. So
they took this advantage to
arrest him and take the man
to prison. To this day
everybody is fearing his
releas