Novelle

Hello my name is Gwen Cooper, and I will tell you a story something terrible that happened on Halloween. This is a true story! It all happened many years ago in my town, at that time. It was just a small town between the mountains of Catalonia, Spain. The town was little more than a small square with a church, a park a prison and in a school, with all houses clustered around. The town was very proud of their school since it had been voted the best school in the province. It was the morning of October 31st (Halloween) and a class of students were doing arts and crafts in their classroom. Some were cutting skeletons out of sheets of paper, some were painting vampire bats and others were drawing pumpkins. The students were all aged between eight and nine years old. Their teacher was a beautiful young woman who had only been working at the school for one month. While the children were having fun, preparing the Halloween decorations, the teacher turned the radio to listen to the weather forecast. She was planning to organize an outdoor Halloween party for the kids later that day and wanted to be sure that it wouldn’t Suddenly, the weather forecast was interrupted by a news bulletin. “This is an important announcement. A convicted murderer has escaped from the local prison and is on the loose. He is described as armed and very dangerous. Please, do not attempt to apprehend him. The police will…” The teacher rushed across the room and switched off the radio. She did not want to alarm the children, but it was too late. The children had all heard the broadcast and were very frightened by the news. They knew that the prison was very near the school. The teacher tried to reassure them and told them not to worry. A few minutes later, the school principal made an announcement over the intercom: “Attention all teachers! We have been informed that police are dealing with a very serious situation that is occurring right now in the town. All teachers are advised to look the doors and windows of their classrooms until the police get this situation under. I repeat, lock all doors and windows until further instruction. That is all.” The teacher told the class to stay calm. She took out her key and locked classroom door. Then she went around and closed every window, making sure that they were secure and nobody could get in.