

Lily and Tom were playing hide and seek in the park. Lily was the seeker and Tom was the hider. Tom ran fast to find a good spot to hide. He saw a big tree with a hole in it. He thought it was a perfect place to hide. He crawled inside the hole and waited for Lily to find him.
Lily counted to ten and then shouted, "Ready or not, here I come!" She looked around the park and tried to find Tom. She saw the swings, the slide, the sandbox, but no Tom. She wondered where he was. She walked towards the big tree and heard a noise. It sounded like a growl.
Tom heard the noise too. He felt scared. He wished he had not hidden in the hole. He wanted to get out, but he could not. Something was blocking the hole. It was furry and had sharp teeth. It was a bear! The bear had smelled Tom and wanted to eat him. Tom screamed for help. He put his thumb in his mouth and cried.
Lily heard Tom's scream. She ran to the tree and saw the bear. She was terrified. She wanted to help Tom, but she did not know how. She looked for a stick, a rock, anything to scare the bear away. But it was too late. The bear had dragged Tom out of the hole and was biting him. Lily saw blood and bones. She screamed too. She ran away from the tree and the bear and the park. She never played hide and seek again.
