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lap, just ran out of there. Kristina started to growl and to run from side to
side. We all froze and, like the animals, sensed something was not right.
Nobody said a word nor moved. We all looked at each other and to the
places where the noises might have been coming from. The breeze that we
had been enjoying that night got stronger. At that moment I thought that
maybe a storm was coming and we started to get a light drizzle. Raúl then
broke our silence by screaming: “look!” We all looked to where he was
pointing but saw nothing. “Look at the trees!” When we looked at the trees
that were in front of the restaurant these were barely moving. The trees
around my little house, however, looked like they were near a hurricane.
What was going on? Also, that rain looked as if was only falling on us. The
road in front of the restaurant was completely dry. Kristina was still
barking and Maribel and Raúl hugged each other and got close to me.
All the animals were acting like crazy. My cats meowed uncontrollably.
Mrs. Matilde, Oscar, Helena, Nereida, and Mr. Toño also joined Raúl,
Maribel, and I. They all asked me what was going on but I was just a
scared as they were and really didn’t know what to say. I thought the thing
with the rain was so strange that I decided to go out the garage and look up.
I didn’t see anything but I noticed the raindrops were salty. When they
touched my eyes they irritated them. Was it just rain or seawater? I looked
up a second time covering my face as much as possible from that water and
it was then that I saw it: a shadow, a dark circle. I recognized it
immediately. It was a UFO. The panic I got was indescribable.
It was stationed very high up and didn’t make a sound. I screamed “they’re
back they’re back! And we all ran inside. Now I was really hysterical.
Nobody had to ask whom I was talking about. We shut all the windows and
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