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Being attacked by killer bees usually only [happenings / happens] in horror movies or nightmares. For a couple in Texas, the nightmare [turned / turning] into reality on Wednesday night. Kristen Beauregard, 44, and her boyfriend were in their garden [exercises / exercising] their two ponies. Ms Beauregard told [reports / reporters] that everything was [normally / normal] until one of the ponies started kicking [and / plus] jumping. The animal was very frightened [about / for] something. [Sudden / Suddenly] she saw a dark cloud in the sky and she realised it was a [swarm / flock] of bees. She said: "It got all dark, like it was night time, there were [so / such] many bees." The bees attacked the couple and their horses.

Luckily they had a swimming pool, so the couple jumped [out / in] . Ms Beauregard was stung over 200 times [by / of] the bees. Her boyfriend counted over 50 stings on his arms, neck and head. The pool [probable / probably] saved their lives because the bees could not attack them [over / under] the water. Kristen explained how [terrified / terrifying] it was. She said: "We were trying to stand [up / down] in the water but every time we stuck our heads out for [water / air] , they would cover [us / them] and start stinging us. We were trying to breathe and they were stinging us on the face and on the nose." Unfortunately, the two ponies could not escape [for / from] the bees. They got stung thousands of times. One died on the farm, the other passed [over / away] at the vet's clinic later that evening.

 


 
 
 

 

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