The Revenge Of The Claws - PART 4

Nellie took a deep breath and dropped the mobile.

"Go home", said Roger in a low voice. "It's alright."

Robert Lee gazed upon his bloody reflection. The priest wouldn't even let him in looking like that. But it was necessary to visit father Lane. The sins of the morning felt like 100 kilo-weights. Robert thought of the confession and continued to rub the rag against his face.

A bar separated Robert from his confessor.

"Hell Mary, full of grace.... Father, I've committed a sin. I've offended against one of the ten commandments."

"Which one of them, my son?"

"The one about killing. This morning, I became guilty of a slaughter... Still, it's my only alternative. I must support my mother!"

"Quite true, my son. And don't forget - there are many animals all around the world who suffer."

"Yes, father", Robert whispered. "But I saw.... I've never went through that before. They had tied a dog all around the fence, two people are being nursed at a hospital right now. The third man is dead. I took the gun and shot straight into the jaw of the cur. Bang! Just like that."

Father Lane made the sign of the cross.

"That dog was mad, my son. Believe me, no animal in that state of mind should be alive. I forgive you, in the name of Virgin Mary and all the saints. Go in peace."

Robert expressed his thanks and blew out the candle.

The black cat wandered on obscure grounds. This was the territory of the humans, which made her insecure. But the rats were here.... The cat approached a house. The door was unlocked.

The cat didn't hear any squeak. She just perceived short breaths. She pricked up her ears and followed the sound waves. They lead her to a miserly furnished bedroom with pink wallpapers. A woman laid in the narrow bed. The flickering eyelids revealed that she was dreaming an intense dream. The cat lithely jumped up on the bedstead and observed the sleeping woman. The brown hair was decoratively spread on the pillow.

The Revenge Of The Claws - PART 3

The kitten squealed. Clark grabbed the other one by the scruff of its neck and banged it against the ground. He took his knife and cut out the eyes of the kittens. The pupils spurted out. Clark turned on his heel and walked away.

The cat observed him. The human had killed the kittens. Her kittens, whom she had given birth to at the risk of her life.

Nellie gazed at the notes from the interview. It had been a long one, due to the fact that the sales clerk gladly wanted to give a detailed account of the robbery. Nellie thought it was almost too detailed. Tuesdays were always tough. Everything had to be quick.

"Hey Nell, ignore that robbery. Show me the article about the murder of Nancy Sanderson."

"Roger, that's 2 years ago. Why all this gossip about that girl? The rest of the family also died."

"In all probability, the father commited suicide. In his shocked condition, he shot his wife and the youngest daughter. But nobody knows how Nancy lost her life, it's a mystery."

Nellie sighed and started to plough her way through the enormous archive. When she finally found the article, it contained a large-scale headline - intended to attract curiosity - and a detailed description. The black and white photo made Nellie cold as ice. It represented a smiling long haired girl - Nancy Sanderson.

"It's terrible....", Nellie mumbled.

She wanted to say something more, but was interrupted. An old woman in a blue jacket held Nellie's mobile in her hand.

"It's urgent."

The boss nodded apologeticly and started to poke at a calculator.

"Yes?" Nellie answered in a skilled manner.

At first she only heard a sob.

"It's me."

Nellie recognized Clark's voice.

"Clark? What's happened?"

There was a long silence, a choking silence.

"Mary Anne is dead. She's dead, Nellie."

Music video analysis

Well, here is my analysis of the music video (Johanna has inspired me) - one of the newly assignments at English class.

Bryan Adam's song "Run To You" is from the album "Reckless". The album was released in 1984 and the music video was directed by Steve Barron.

I think the song is about a man who's torn between two women. The first - who might be his wife - is faithful and nice but frigid. The second - who might be his lover - is manageable and captivating.

• The video takes place both outside and inside.
• The video mainly focuses on Bryan Adams and a woman who is seen as his secret love.
• It's a narrative music video, there are scenes with Bryan Adams singing on stage and there are fictional scenes with the woman.

English B so far

We've done funny things, the music video and the 5-minute writing exercise for example. Apart from "American Literature History" - which felt very weary - I think the course has been just fine. But it would be nice to write stories, or individual reports about.... maybe historical things and read books (perhaps with interesting topics or just classic ones).

The idea of using blogs was (and still are) very good, it feels like we're doing something fun with the subject English itself.

Photo class 8/10

Some of the photos taken by me....

The Revenge Of The Claws - PART 2

Mary Anne desperately tried to give the cat a kick, but it was useless. She screamingly witnessed how the collar bone crunched into pieces. Scraps of flesh dashed around. The cat angrily spitted out the pupils, which remained in the mess of bloody parts of the body.

Clark anxiously waited for the phone to ring. He ogled at the clock. It was 2.30 PM. Mary Anne should have been home at this time. 2.40. Still no phone call and no Mary Anne. The situation made him frustrated. He disliked being in the forest, but if Mary Anne wasn't home before 3.30; Nellie would get mad and that certainly wasn't enjoyable. He had to walk a long way into the forest before he could really begin to relax. Small, clear sounds made themselves perceptible. Clark began to run.

The cat had swallowed Mary Anne's middle finger and registered new sounds. It was a human again. The cat arched its back and hissed.

Clark observed an animal with something in front of itself. It was a cat with a prey.... But the prey, it was... Clark stopped dead and held his hand before his mouth. It was Mary Anne.... Clark had to lean against the tree trunk not to faint. He stared at the cat which seemed to be ready to attack. The cat had killed Mary Anne.... Clark clenched his fist in fury.

The cat noticed his aggressive facial expression. She went off like lightning towards the burrow. Clark stared hard at the black creature, whilst he ran in the snow. He stopped to calm down himself. The cat had disappeared.

The kittens squealed, which only made the cat more upset. She cautionary hissed when one of them tried to get out. But the warning remained unheard and the cat anxiously watched as the other two also began to crawl out.

Clark noticed the three little creatures outside the burrow. He assumed they were kittens, the brood of the cat. He took a fast hold of one of them. Inside the burrow, the cat's eyes were anxiously roving.