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The Little Girl Opened the Door:
On hearing the knock at the door that night, the little girl who was watching Tv.in the sitting room thought her parents were back from
their neighbour’s house who called them immediately upon the death
of their grandma that evening.She ran happily to open the door,but unfortunately,her many calls were not been answered and the person was standing in the darkest part of the porch because the porch’s light had been broken when the house’s front was reconstructed and not been put back. She called dad!!,but no response,not being afraid the little girl went to that standing entity thinking that was her dad.The man remained speechless for couple minutes till the little girl touched him,he then kid- napped the child and went away.
To add more,upon their arrival,the little girl’s parents called on her,but nothing was heard,the mother went upstairs thinking her little daughter was already sleeping,but unexpectedly she finds nobody.Rushing down fearfully and on her loudest voice calling,Joe! Rinah is not here,I don’t know where she is.Reaching the final five steps with her mind and eyes not following her pace,she felt on her face,rolling down the stairs and finally broke her arm.Joe entering the house after packing his car,he can only hear her voice drowning down and down.He found Liz lying and crying telling him,their daughter was missing and she’s broke her arm.
Joe being confused not knowing what to do,he ran back and forth the house,and later called the police telling them he’s missing his little child.He then took his wife to the car rushing her to the hospital with a perplexed mind not knowing exactly what to do and where the child was.Reaching the hospital,Mrs.Joe was put under surgery,and the police called back try- ing to comprehend what had really happened.Joe said “I was in my neigh- bour’s house for a funeral of their grandma,and by the time we came back our little girl was missing”.The police responded, well,why would you leave a little child to be in a huge house all by herself?” Joe said, “My wife and
I thought of leaving her home because she was watching her favourite show which is only once every three month”
Not only that but also,the police reached their house and found nobody,but joe was on his way coming from the hospital,thankfully
the surgery was done successfully,and they met the police,and started explaining to them in person.After series of investigation,Rinah was finally found dead by the river side being stabbed on her stomach for many times.Mrs.Joe was going mad,and Joe had no idea and comprehension of what and who had done that awful thing to their little girl.The mother can’t speak,drink or eat for several days because she was moaning her beloved beautiful girl.Wishing she would have taken her along with then when going to their neighbour’s house.
Catherine Clement Ladu ’18
Lost in a Cavern
The heavy soles softly tread across the jagged daggers of rock. The water gushes like crystal blood in a vein of stone.
A lone piercing light sweeps through the cavern.
It scares the darkness as the walls sparkle in delight.
Solid icicles hang from the top of the vast hall.
Soon, the light will hopefully not be all alone.
Heavy breathing goes unheard; in, out, in, out.
Excessive sweating goes unseen; it drenches the wearer without pause. The hall appears to have no end, no beginning, no middle.
Endless formations of beauty, turned into a jail, a prison. Forward, and the water will swallow him like an insect. Down, he will only wind up deeper in the maze.
Up, an impossible feat without wings of an angel.
Behind, more stifling, oppressive darkness surrounding him. The future is uncertain, just as everything else.
He steels his mind, guards it from nervousness. He will search to an endless extent for an exit. Reprieve is not his reality, but his reason to rally. He knows it is about to happen, and he is ready. The lone light flickers, fades, and dies.
Brian Bowne ’18
Royal Hues
The vines and leaves twisted, twisted, twisted up and around An abandoned railroad tunnel
Comprised solely of rocks, moss, and fallen flowers
The wind rushes through, smelling of new growth
Moss is all around, covering the rocks in beds of green Springy and fresh in the sunlight
A half-remembered stream flows through time Washing leaves down its curving valleys
This is a forest of purple
Royal hues in every ray of sun and petal on the ground
Danielle Krakovsky ’18
The Search for CiCi’s
The sale is going to end soon! I had to grab everything and go. I ran
to CiCi’s Pizza only to find a tour guide and an abandon building. She was showing her group the ruins of the old Parmatown CiCi’s Pizzeria. I needed to find a CiCi’s. They were giving out the cinnamon bacon crust pizzas out for only two dollars. I pulled the knife out of my fanny pack and told the tour guide to bring me to the nearest CiCi’s. She didn’t seem threatened, so I called my attack dog. You see, the tour guide
was deathly allergic to dogs. My trusty steed and Great Dane, Franklin hopped out of my fanny pack and into the nightmares of the tour guide. Needless to say, the tour guide needs a mortician and I need a “Get Out of Jail Free Card.”
Izaak Whisler ’17