young girl called Lhakpa Dolma. When the police saw the footprints of the attacker, they were frightened. The footprints were huge!

"What kind of beast is this?" the people asked.

Lhakpa lived in the village, and every day she went up the mountain with her yaks(a kind of cow) so that they could eat the grass. Lhakpa knew exactly where to find the sweet, green grass for her yaks on this special mountain, which was called Mount Everest and is famous because it is the highest mountain in the world.

"Aren't you frightened to walk in the mountains alone, Lhakpa?" asked her friends. "What about the yeti?"

But Lhakpa was not frightened. "The mountains of the Himalayas are huge!" she laughed. "I only go to one small place, not far from the village. And no one here has veer seen a yeti----it's only a story." So Lhakpa never really thought about the old yeti tales while she was working.

One day in 1974, Lhakpa took her yaks up the mountain as usual, but she could see that the yaks were not happy. "Perhaps they can smell a bear or a snow leopard near us," she thought, and looked around.

Lhakpa couldn't see anything, but she moved away. She took the yaks to another place, near a small stream. The water here came from the mountain snow and Lhakpa drank a little----it always tasted good! Then she sat down and watched her yaks eating.

Suddenly, Lhakpa heard a noise behind her---it was the noise of an animal, but it was very strange. She looked round very quickly---Lhakpa couldn't believe her eyes! A huge creature was coming towards her on two legs. Lhakpa' s eyes got bigger and bigger-it was a yeti!

The yeti took Lhakpa up in its long, hairy arms! She was terrified. She shouted and kicked, but it was no good ----- the yeti was too strong. "Help me!" she shouted. But the mountains were quiet, and nobody heard her.

But the huge beast was not really interested in Lhakpa --- perhaps she was too small. It put her down in the cold mountain stream, then it turned round and looked at the yaks, which were big and strong---- but the yeti was bigger. Lhakpa watched the yeti--- she was too terrified to move at first. With its strong arms, it quickly killed three of the yaks.

Then Lhakpa got out of the stream and ran home. She was frightened and cold. She told her parents about eh yeti killing the yaks. Her family were amazed at the story. They soon went to the police after they learned about it. But when the police and the people from the village arrived at the stream, they saw the huge footprints of a strange creature ---- but they didn't see the yeti.

1. Lhakpa was frightened to walk on the mountains.

2. That day Lhakpa found a bear near her.

3. The water that came from the mountain snow always tasted good.

4.The yeti caught up with Lhakpa and killed her.

5. When the police and the people from the village arrived at the stream, only to find some huge footprints.

6. The yeti killed all the yaks.

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