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   Once upon a time in a small village, there was a 

happy family called the Sullivans. There was a mother, 

a father, and three children. A boy named Eric, a girl 

named Emily, and a baby boy named Micheal. They 

were a very happy family, and helped anyone in need. 

But one time, they helped someone a little too much. 

One day, Emily was on her way back from dance 

class when she saw a little girl on the street. The girl 

was crying. Emily was very happy to help.

   "What's wrong?" Emily asked the girl.

   The girl looked up. "I am all alone and hungry. My 

mummy and duddy left me here, all alone. Now I am 

starving and cold. Please help me.".

   Emily nodded, eagerly. "You can come to my 

house and I will feed you and you can stay there for 

awhile." .

    A big smile crept across the girl's face. "I would 

love that." she said. And they went walking off 

home, talking all the way. 

     Emily and the girl hurried home. They stepped inside 

and searched for Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan. They appeared in 

the kitchen.

   "Mommy, I found this girl on the street and she has no 

home, can she stay with us? She is very nice." Emily 

pleaded.

    "Well,dear, tell me all about yourself. Then we will see 

if you can stay with us.". Mrs. Sullivan told her.

      "Um, okay. Well, My name is Beth and I am eight 

years old. I used to live with my Mum and Daddy in 

England, but then they abandoned me on the street. I 

lived there for a week. Then Emily found me, and here I 

am. I was sleeping when they dumped me on the street, 

I am pretty sure it was all my step mum's idea. She is 

mean." Beth finished.

      So it turned out that Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan felt so bad 

for the child, that they had to adopt her. Big mistake.   

As you may already know The Sullivans adopted Beth. It 

has been one month, and everything has been going 

fine. Until now.

One morning, the family noticed something very odd 

about Beth. And it wasn't good. Emily and Beth were 

playing in Beth's room when she spotted something 

shiny in Beth's top open drawer of her dresser. Beth 

didn't have very many belongings, but she did have a 

bag with her most prized possessions. 

   "What is that in your drawer?" Emily asked.

  Beth's eyes widened. "Uh, nothing!" she quickly shut 

the drawer.

  But Emily needed to know what it was. "Come on, 

please!?" she slid open the drawer and pulled out the 

object. It was a knife.  

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