The boys had heard stories about the gigantic creature that lived in the woods.
The stories tell about the creature’s preference food-wise; it was for little boys. Naturally, nobody believed it. The old deserted cottage at the edge of the wood had been the home of a nice old lady for many years and she never had any trouble. Since she’d passed away the building had fallen into disrepair and was often visited by local children who thought it was spooky and great to play in. On this particular night, the two young boys were out late, playing in the woods. Suddenly, they heard a great rustling sound and the ground shook from very heavy footfalls. To their astonishment, they could just make out in the failing light, the huge creature that nobody believed in. It was as tall as the tallest trees and was having to push trees over because of its size.
The two boys were petrified and ran as fast as they could to take cover in the old cottage. Once inside they pushed the bolt home hard and stood listening. When the creature arrived at the building it began to roar very loud with anger because it couldn’t get at its supper. A great scratching noise on the wooden door along with the dreadful howling went on for some time, but eventually it all became silent. Despite how late it was getting, they waited a long time before deciding to check whether the great beast was gone.
One of them pushed the door out very gradually, a bit at a time. Seeing nothing through the gap, he kept pushing slowly until it was opened enough for him to squeeze through. He gingerly stepped outside to look around. Still seeing nothing he moved further forward, only to have the monstrous thing rush at him from out of the darkness, pushing him against the door and slamming it shut behind him. He began hammering on the door and shouting to the boy inside to let him in. Much to his amazement, he heard the boy inside slide the bolt home with a clank.
After a while the hammering and the howling stopped and all went quiet. Then, all that he could hear was a munching sound.
It just so happened that the boys weren’t particularly good friends, they weren’t that close, more like casual chums, really.