serving the boy''s maniacal laughter from afar, people believed that his teeth had become sharper on both sides.
"No one dared to approach him anymore. Later, the mother attempted to feed him water again, but he desperately cried out that he was thirsty, yet stubbornly refused to drink the water brought to his lips. After a few more appalling days had passed, this poor child finally put an end to his agonizing life. During the last few hours before his death, he continued to gasp and wail in a gravelly voice, ''Ah! I''m thirsty! So thirsty! Save me!''
"Not even two days later, the sister, who had been bitten almost to the point of disablement, began to display the same symptoms. Such a quiet, blooming young girl, who used to cover her mouth to shyly smile, now resembled an ugly demon, baring her teeth and claws. Even a slightest ray of sunlight or holy water would provoke an awful scream from her. I believe that if this beautiful maiden had even a moment of lucidity, she would willingly put an immediate end to her undignified existence! Fortunately, this victim of the devil endured for a shorter time: within three days, she drew her final breath.
"Now people were even more convinced that the Castle of La Garnache was cursed. The Comte was a bloodthirsty demon: he never dared to enter a church or come into contact with priests, exactly for he feared that the divine light radiating from the cross would scorch his evil soul!"
"It''s too scary, Daisy! Please stop!" The timid Barbara shivered all over and covered her ears.
But Fiona urgently grabbed her friend''s arm and said, "No, please go on, Daisy! If the Comte was a vampire, how could he ultimately die?"
Little Daisy sighed, "That''s another unsolved mystery! Due to the curse that plagued the region, the nearby villages soon became desolate and gloomy, devoid of any signs of life. As soon as the sun set, people instinctively locked their doors, and no one dared to venture outside at night or traverse through the eerie woods. However, after the deaths of the unfortunate siblings, no more cases of missing children were reported.
"More than another twenty years had passed since then. One day, a young nobleman, dressed in lavish attire, rode his horse through