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Under The Bed
(© Josh Hilden)

Terri shivered uncontrollably as she bit down on her lips to stop herself from screaming. She needed to stay as quiet as possible but her arm really hurt and she was very tired. She lay as still under her bed as she could, in her left arm she clutched her Winnie the Pooh. Until today she had thought that maybe ten was too old to still want her Pooh Bear.

Now she held onto him so hard that she was sure some of his stitching had split. He had been a gift from her daddy and he had promised to get her all of the characters. But Pooh was the only one that he had gotten for her before he left and never came home.

Mommy’s feet passed in front of her eyes again as she stumbled around in Terri’s room. One slipper was still on mommy’s foot but the other was bare and Terri could see where the blood had dried as it ran down mommy’s leg from the hole on her neck.

Mommy had been going outside to put the trash in the can while Terri had been eating her Fruit Loops. As far as Terri was concerned Fruit Loops were the best cereal ever made. As she was watching the cereal float around in the bowl Mr. Johnson from next door had come walking up to mommy. Terri had been watching through the window and she thought that Mr. Johnson had been walking very funny. When mommy had said hello to Mr. Johnson he had started to moan and had stumbled toward her. Mommy had tried to run but had slipped on the ground and lost a slipper. She had screamed for Terri to hide as Mr. Johnson dropped on her and started to bite her on the neck and face. Terri had screamed and ran upstairs to her room and hid.

A long time later Terri had heard noises from downstairs, it had sounded like glass breaking and shuffling. She had gathered up all of her courage and opened her door and tip toed to the head of the stairs to see who was down there. She saw mommy walk by and ran down to her yelling because she was so happy to see her. But just as she was about to jump into mommy’s arms she saw the blood caked and dried on the front of her robe and the weird look in her eyes. Terri tried to run back up the stairs.

But mommy had seen her and grabbed her arm. Terri had fought and thrashed, she did not want mommy touching her because mommy looked scary like Mr. Johnson had. And then mommy had bit her right on the arm! It had hurt her so bad and the sight of her own blood had made her freak out and actually start hitting and kicking mommy. Terri finally managed to pull free and she had run upstairs and dove under her bed, forgetting to shut and lock her door.

For almost an hour now mommy had walked back and forth in front of her room and Terri stayed quiet. But it was getting harder and harder to stay awake … maybe she would just take a little nap and everything would be all better when she woke up.

Terri closed her eyes. A little while later she woke up and joined mommy, they headed outside to find something to eat. Pooh Bear stayed under the bead. Perhaps he was hiding from Terri.



- THE END -
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