The Last Leaves Falling by Benwell Sarah

Author:Benwell, Sarah [Benwell, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Hi Kaito!

I’m BACK! Tell me all about this wondrous new obsession!

The trip was wonderful but I’ve missed you both so much. I need to talk to you IMMEDIATELY :D

HIIIIIII! (-: YOU’RE BACK! HELLOOOO!

Yes! Hello!

HOW WAS IT? TELL ME EVERYTHING.

It was wonderful to see my grandparents. And the air up there is lovely.

THE AIR? THAT . . . DOESN’T SOUND VERY EXCITING. WHERE WERE THE GUNFIGHTS? THE GIRLS? THE WILD ADVENTURE?

Hahaha, I was with my mother, and my elderly grandparents . . .

Although there was one thing . . .

WHAT WHAT WHAT?

Well, there was a small, teensy run-in with a BAKENEKO! O_O

BAKENEKO???

Cat demon.

YEAH, I KNOW, BUT WHAT HAPPENED? DID IT JUMP OUT FROM THE BUSHES AND TRY TO MAUL YOU? DID YOU SLICE OFF ITS HEAD WITH . . . WAIT, I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE WEAPON OF CHOICE IS WHEN YOU’RE FIGHTING SPIRITS.

YOU GOT A MYSTICAL KATANA?

No, no, and no.

DID IT MOVE ALL THE FOOD INTO DIFFERENT CUPBOARDS?

OR SWALLOW THE NEIGHBORS WHOLE?

Are you going to stop guessing and be quiet so I can tell you?

YES. *CLAMPS LIPS FIRMLY SHUT* *TIES HANDS BEHIND BACK*

All right.

So, my grandfather SWEARS that since their cat died, they’ve been haunted by a bakeneko. It crept into their dreams at night, and laid half-eaten mice up on the porch.

O_O IN THEIR DREAMS? THAT’S NASTY STUFF!

Isn’t it? Every night.

AND? DID YOU SEE IT TOO?

I heard it. It woke me up. It was like the sound of a hundred tortured wolves, and the roar of hurricanes.

>_<

WHAT DID YOU DO?

We found the one thing that can beat a bakeneko.

???

A cat.

We got him from the shelter. An old tom, with so much personality that no spirit cat would DARE to come anywhere near his territory.

A CAT?

Yes!

CATS ARE COOL, I GUESS.

IT WOULD’VE BEEN COOLER IF YOU’D SLICED HIS HEAD OFF WITH A SWORD.

Hahaha, speaking of . . . what is this THING you discovered?

THING?

OH, THE THING.

SOOOOOO, I TRIED ALL THESE GAMES, BUT THEY JUST DIDN’T STICK, I COULDN’T FOCUS.

That doesn’t sound like you.

I KNOW! ANYWAY, I DECIDED I WANT SOMETHING NEW, AND I THOUGHT, WHAT WOULD SORA DO? AND I THOUGHT, BOOKS. SO I WENT ONLINE AND LOOKED FOR “BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR” AND TO BE HONEST I WAS A BIT LOST, BUT HALFWAY DOWN THE PAGE WAS A MANUAL ON DIY WEB DESIGN. AND LIKE, I LOVE THIS PLACE, AND IT WOULD BE SO COOL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOMETHING OF MY OWN ONE DAY.

AND IT’S REALLY HARD, THERE’S SO MUCH TO REMEMBER, BUT IT MAKES THINGS HAPPEN. I CAN MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WITH MY FINGERTIPS!

SHORT: I’M LEARNING CODE. I’M GOING TO MAKE WEBSITES, MAN. CHECK ME OUT.

That’s BRILLIANT!

I can’t wait to see.

OOOOH, IT’S A LONG WAY OFF YET.

Yeah, but still, when you’re ready.

:D

YOU HAVE GOT TO TELL MAI THE BAKENEKO STORY. SHE WOULD LOVE IT.

Yes. Where is she?

I DON’T KNOW, MAN. THE DAY AFTER YOU LEFT, SHE HAD TO RUSH OFF, SAID HER MOTHER HAD “BIG NEWS” AND SHE HASN’T BEEN BACK SINCE.

Big news?

YEAH. BUT WHAT CAN BE SO BIG YOU DO NOT WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS?

I can think of one thing.

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