Other UpStarts - Spring 2002: A Dark and Stormy Night | Among | At Home | Cloud | Colors That Make Noises | Cranberry Talks | Crow | Forget-me-not | God Needed a Captain | Like a Flare | Limerick | On the Prowl | Remembering | Run the Distance | Stream | The Beach | The Dragon | The Night the Moon Went Black | To J.T. My Best Friend | To My Mom |
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I lay in bed my blankets pulled up to my nose. Outside lightning shot through the pitch black sky. Behind the thick clouds a faint glimmer of the full moon peeked through. A door in the house slowly creaked open. Suddenly everything was quiet except a muffled “tic-toc-tic-toc” coming from my clock reminding me it was near midnight. I heard a sound — a sound like something walking up, up the stairs. I closed my eyes and noiselessly slipped the covers the rest of the way over my head. In no time the footsteps got louder and nearer to my room until finally the “thing” entered the room! I froze not even daring to breathe. The “thing” jumped onto my bed so suddenly my hand shot up to my mouth to muffle a scream. A hand reached out grabbed my blankets and pulled them back!!!! My body curled itself into a ball — a small whining noise forced me to open one eye. I stared into the darkness until my eyes got used to the dark, and there in front of me was my little dachsund eyes as big as golf balls holding my blankets.
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