I got up in the middle of the night, I was sweating profusely Complete the story in 150- 200 words.
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I got up in the middle of the night, I was sweating profusely. The following was what had happened that night: I was enjoying peaceful sleep in the middle of the night. May be I was in a different world of dreams. Then all of a sudden, I was woken up by blood curdling screams. I woke up gasping; my heart pumping madly after the shock. The room was pitch-dark. The night lamp was out. I felt as if two witches from hell were fighting the fiercest battle under my bed. I could not understand what was happening. I screamed too. My scream stilled the commotion under my bed! Then mewing I heard two cats scurrying out of my room.Coincidently, the night lamp lit after the temporary outage. I switched on the main lights and peeped under my bed. Lying there I found a mangled body of a rat. So the two cats fighting for their prey had scared me to death.
Explanation:
I got up in the middle of the night, I was sweating profusely. I switched on the light only to find that there was some kind of electricity failure. I came out of the room to get some fresh air. It was stormy outside and that might have been the reason for the electricity failure. I drank cold water, took a chair and sat in the verandah. Suddenly, I heard a loud shriek. It was coming from our neighbour’s house. I was so confused, about what to do. Then I gathered courage and went inside to fetch a torch. I took the torch and started moving towards my neighbour’s house. I peeped inside from the window and saw two people who were holding the owners at gun-point. I stepped back and started thinking of my next step. At that moment, I heard a motorbike approaching near. It was cobra police on their patrolling. I signalled to them. They stopped and asked me the reason for stopping them. I told them the whole story. They immediately went inside to help the old couple. The miscreants were shocked at the sudden arrival of the police. They tried to escape but the policemen took prompt action and caught them. We heaved a sigh of relief. Suddenly, the whole area was illuminated as the power supply had resumed. The old couple saw me and thanked me for my sharp wittedness...