THE EMISSARY

Task - finish the story 

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  (...) It was his favourite teacher - Miss Chun. He looked at her with a big surprise.

        "How is this possible?!'' Martin tought. "She died a long time ago! ... ''

   But now she was standing right there - in front of him. As he was staring at her, a part of her face broke and fell on the floor. It was her nose. Martin was frightened.

        "Excuse me for that!'' Miss Chun said. '' I am still getting used to losing parts of my body.'' She picked up her nose and added:  " Being a zombie is not easy, Martin."

         The boy was terrified, but his curiousity prevailed and he started a conversation.

        ''But... It cannot be real! Mum told me that people, who are dead, do not do anything!''

        ''Lies.'' denied the teacher. '' Can you imagine sitting under the ground without doing anything? That would be completely boring! "

        "But zombies exist only in movies!" The boy continued "They are not supposed to be real." he shook his head.

         Miss Chun giggled " Martin... you don't live in a movie, but i am here in front of you... So tell me, do I exist?''  She sat on his bed.

         Martin didn't say anything. He felt both excited and scared. A real zombie was standing there. He had a lot of questions to ask but he couldn't make up his mind.

        "But how did you escape from the grave?" He said finally after a few minutes of silence.

        "Oh, thanks to your dog. He dug some small holes in the ground which helped me a lot!" Dog barked happily.

        "Oh, Dog..... Why have you done that?! Now there is a real zombie in our town's streets...'' The boy said. For the first time ever he seemed dissapointed because of his best friend Dog.

         Miss Chun frowned "Don't be so rude, Martin. I have my reasons to be here! "

        ''Reasons? What reasons? Share them with me.'' the boy replied.

        ''I am just hungry." the zombie said and looked right into his eyes. She could see the fear inside them and she enjoyed it.

        And then suddenly two smelly hands grabbed Martin. The boy tried to escape, but he couldn't. It was too late for this. He was screaming, but there was no one to hear him, except Dog. But what could a simple dog do?

        A few minutes later there were no more child screams and crying. The zombie left the house quietly and returned to its grave. But Martin's body was still standing in his bed... Dead.

        At least Miss Chun was not hungry anymore... :)