Scary Stories

[LitKey]

These were in those "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" books like 10 years ago. =x

[SOLANUM]

These were in those "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" books like 10 years ago. =x

 

Haha, I knew somone would recognize them.

 

I still love reading em.

[SOLANUM]

-The Little Black Dog-

 

Billy Mansfield always said that a little black dog followed him wherever he went. But he was the only one who could see it. So people thought he was kind of crazy. To drive to dog away, Billy was always hollering at it, throwing rocks at it. But the dog always came back.

 

The first time Billy saw that was the day he fought Silas Burton. Billy was just a young man then, but Burton's and Billy's family had been feuding for years.

 

When Billy saw Silas riding toward him, he went for his gun and Burton went for his. But Billy fired first. He his Burton in the back, knocking him off his horse. Burton's horse ran off, and his gun fell where he couldnt reach it.

 

He lay there on the ground pleading with Billy not to kill him, but Billy killed him anyway. Burton's little black dog was with him when he was shot. The dog kept licking Burton's face, and barking and snarling at Billy. In his anger, Billy killed the dog to.

 

There wasnt much law enforcement in those days so Billy wasnt arrested. But all that night he heard Burton's dog outside his cabin, scratching on his door and barking to be let in. "I'm imagining this," Billy said to himself. "I shot that dog. Its dead."

 

But the next morning Billy saw the dog. It was waiting for him outside. From then on there was not a day when he didnt see it. And there wasnt a night when he didnt hear it scratching at his door, barking to be let in.

 

From then on, Billy was always finding black dog hairs on the sofa, on the floor, in his bed, even in his food. And the house and yard stank of dog. Thats what Billy said.

 

Whenever somebody told him there wasnt any dog to see, he'd say "Maybe you dont see it, but I do. And I'm not any crazier than you are."

 

Things went on like that more many years. Then one morning in the middle of the winter the neighbors didnt see any smoke coming out of Billy's chimney. When they went over to check, Billy wasnt there. A day or so later they found his body lying in the snow in a field back of his cabin. Billy had plenty of enemies, and at first it seemed like somebody might have killed him. But there wasnt a mark on his body. And there wasnt any footprints out there, except for Billy's.

 

The doctor said Billy probly died of old age. But there was something odd about his death, When the neighbors found Billy, there were black dog hairs on his clothes. There were even a few on his face. It smelled like a dog had been out there. Yet no one had seen a dog anywhere.

 

*Fin*

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[AppleShark]

Bump for more?

[SOLANUM]

Maybe later, the ones I posted were the only really good ones in the book.

 

I search for more later.

[Sandstorm]

i dont get it... did the dog kill the guy?

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[Michelle]

i dont get it... did the dog kill the guy?

Lol someones a little slow today.

[Sandstorm]

 

still doesn't answer my question..