Ginny's father found the beast in the forest on Halloween. He wounded it and carried it home. He chained the beast to a cellar wall, and called her to see it.
"Ugly thing, ain't it?" he said, picking up his horse whip; a monstrous thing he sometimes used on Ginny. "I'm gonna teach it some manners!" He swung the whip, breaking the beast's skin.
Ginny acted without thinking, picking up a pitchfork and plunging it into her father's back. Then she unchained the beast and set it free.
"Happy Halloween," she said, as the beast quickly faded into the night.
"Ugly thing, ain't it?" he said, picking up his horse whip; a monstrous thing he sometimes used on Ginny. "I'm gonna teach it some manners!" He swung the whip, breaking the beast's skin.
Ginny acted without thinking, picking up a pitchfork and plunging it into her father's back. Then she unchained the beast and set it free.
"Happy Halloween," she said, as the beast quickly faded into the night.
