Life

Screamed the little girl from a locked room in an unknown house. She was crying & asking for help but no one was coming. Her screams were drowned by the old creaking wood and footsteps she heard from above. She was inconsolable and was running out of energy. The tears continuously ran down her face and she would not budge from her protective position.  Suddenly she snapped out of it and reached for a door but it doesn’t seem to open. The house is so immense for such a small child. Everything is silent and all that is heard is her restrained weeping. She looks through cracks and crannies but nothing and nobody is visible. Her hope starts to diminish. Upon hours of desperation and idleness she starts drifting into a wary sleep. A little boy running through the hallway peaks into the basement through the key hole out of mere curiosity, and spots the girl. He is surprised and his mind is flooded with questions. He attempts whispering to the girl but she’s deep in her dreams and doesn’t seem to wake. He knocks on the door hard enough to wake her. She awakens dreary and goes frightened to the door. The little boy asks her, “Why are you down there”. She responds silently, “My doll fell down and as I came down the door shut.” The little boy sympathetically replied, “Its okay I’ll go get help, Are your parents here in the open house?” With watchful eyes on the boy she says, “Yes but I ran off and said I would be playing outside, they don’t know I’m here.” The boy squinting through the key hole says, “OK I’ll to try to find them!” The little girl sits down again and cries and cries into a pensive state. It seems like several hours but only a few minutes pass and The Little Boy returns with two shocked adults. The Man kicks the door open and grabs his little girl. She looks at them and hugs them as tight as her little arms can. She turns around to thank the boy and they both smile.