[ WP ] Start a story with the sentence `` The cows gathered at the top of the hill . ''

The cows gathered at the top of the hill. I watched from the window in the house at the bottom of the hill, trying to find out what they were doing. Actually I was in between the window and the curtain, so that my brother would n't notice I was still awake. We were supposed to be in bed hours ago. 
 
 Auntie Rachel had told us that there would be a full moon out tonight. I could n't see the moon, but I could see the cows light up by the moonbeams. I pressed my face against the glass a little, and counted how many I could spot. 
 
 Seven cows. There were seven cows on that hill. 
 
 My brother groaned, and I think he rolled over in bed. It was hard to see him with the curtain blocking my view. I went quiet until I was certain he was asleep. 
 
 I turned back to the cows on the hill. Maybe in the morning I could ask Auntie Rachel what they were doing there. Were n't they supposed to be in the barn? Did n't Auntie Rachel tell Bennie to put them there? Maybe I should n't ask her, I might get Bennie into trouble- 
 
 Wait. I counted only six cows now. There were seven before. 
 
 I counted them all again, just to be sure. Yup. There were only six now. Maybe one of them had climbed down the hill. Probably the other side. Maybe I should go wake up Bennie and tell him to get the cows before they got lost. 
 
 I counted them again. Five. One more cow had disappeared when I was n't looking. Where did it go? I was watching the cows the whole time. I could see all the ones on this side of the hill, the moonlight was strong enough to seem them there. But I did n't see any of them go over the hill. 
 
 So I decided that I should watch the top of the hill very carefully, to see when one of them climbed over. I looked hard, very hard. I think I stared at the top of that hill for five whole minutes. 
 
 Then I realized that there were only four cows now. And none of the cows had been anywhere near the top of the hill. 
 
 I was getting just a little scared now. What was happening to the cows? I picked one of them and decided to watch it carefully. Suddenly, I watched it go. 
 
 Startled, I think I jumped backwards. I crashed into the window curtain at my back and fell down onto the ground. The curtain did n't come off the window, luckily, but my brother almost woke up. He moved and said something garbled, but turned over again. 
 
 I was n't going to wait around to make sure he was really asleep. I had to get outside real fast. As quickly as I could I ran downstairs and grabbed my shoes, then put them on over my pajamas and raced outside. 
 
 There was only one cow on the hill now. I could still see it very clearly, and I could also see the full moon now. The sky was clear and the night was crisp, and I was the only one awake. As I watched the cow, I saw the moment it hunched itself up, looking at the sky. 
 
 And then, while the cow was still looking directly at the moon, I saw it jump.
