A SCARY STORY - Put the following words into the gaps! Write your answers on the Answer Sheet!

cabin, licked rolled over, whimpering, handles, companion,

bathtub, awake, middle, different, SCREAMED,
tail, mirror, comforted, letter

My gradmother lived alone up in the mountains at her (1) _______ Her husband had died, so she was there all
alone. She only had one (2)____________ and that was her loving dog. They both loved each other very much and the
dog loved her and (3)___________ her. Every night when she went to bed, the dog would lick her hand to let her
know that he was there to protect her.
One night she had gone to bed and the dog had licked her hand like he had done routinely every night since her
husband died. But this night was (4)_________. She had woken up in the (5)________ of the night because she heard
her dog (6) __________. She wanted to comfort him and let him know that she was there for him so she stuck her
hand out by the bed and she felt the dog gently lick her hand like always. She figured he was just cold so she went
back to sleep.
The dog’s whimpering had woken her up a second time in the night, so she stuck her hand out, the dog (7)
________ it and she went back to sleep. This happened the third time, and she stuck her hand out, the dog stopped
whimpering and came and licked her hand. She stayed (8)_________ afterward and the dog had stopped whimpering.
She went back to sleep again.
In the morning she stuck her hand out again by the bed, but nothing licked it. She thought that the dog had woken
up and was just in the front room. She (9) _______, got out of bed and heard a drip…drip… drip, so she walked into
the kitchen and turned the (10) _____ on the sink faucet, but it wasn’t dripping.
She continued into her bathroom to take a shower. As she walked in, the drips got louder! She turned and looked
above the (11)________ and (12) _________! There hanging by the light of his (13) ________, was her loving
companion, with his blood dripping into the bathtub. She screamed and began to cry. Wiping her eyes and sobbing,
she turned around and looked at the (14)________. In the mirror she saw the dog hanging and written on the mirror
with a finger, in her dog’s blood with drips and streaks hanging down from each (15)_______, were the words:
HUMANS CAN LICK TOO!

A SCARY STORY - Put the following words into the gaps! Write your answers on the Answer Sheet!

cabin, licked rolled over, whimpering, handles, companion,

bathtub, awake, middle, different, SCREAMED,
tail, mirror, comforted, letter

My gradmother lived alone up in the mountains at her (1) _______ Her husband had died, so she was there all
alone. She only had one (2)____________ and that was her loving dog. They both loved each other very much and the
dog loved her and (3)___________ her. Every night when she went to bed, the dog would lick her hand to let her
know that he was there to protect her.
One night she had gone to bed and the dog had licked her hand like he had done routinely every night since her
husband died. But this night was (4)_________. She had woken up in the (5)________ of the night because she heard
her dog (6) __________. She wanted to comfort him and let him know that she was there for him so she stuck her
hand out by the bed and she felt the dog gently lick her hand like always. She figured he was just cold so she went
back to sleep.
The dog’s whimpering had woken her up a second time in the night, so she stuck her hand out, the dog (7)
________ it and she went back to sleep. This happened the third time, and she stuck her hand out, the dog stopped
whimpering and came and licked her hand. She stayed (8)_________ afterward and the dog had stopped whimpering.
She went back to sleep again.
In the morning she stuck her hand out again by the bed, but nothing licked it. She thought that the dog had woken
up and was just in the front room. She (9) _______, got out of bed and heard a drip…drip… drip, so she walked into
the kitchen and turned the (10) _____ on the sink faucet, but it wasn’t dripping.
She continued into her bathroom to take a shower. As she walked in, the drips got louder! She turned and looked
above the (11)________ and (12) _________! There hanging by the light of his (13) ________, was her loving
companion, with his blood dripping into the bathtub. She screamed and began to cry. Wiping her eyes and sobbing,
she turned around and looked at the (14)________. In the mirror she saw the dog hanging and written on the mirror
with a finger, in her dog’s blood with drips and streaks hanging down from each (15)_______, were the words:
HUMANS CAN LICK TOO!